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Jonathan Schwartz

Co-founder of Ultra. Building robots to automate American warehouses

Brooklyn, New York

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

  • BS

    (2009 - 2013)

  • Layer By Layer (S13) & Voodoo Manufacturing (W17)

  • High School for Math, Science and Engineering at CCNY

    (2005 - 2009)

Work Experience

2024

  • Co-Founder

    2024

2022 - 2023

  • Product Lead, Applied AI

    2022 - 2023

    Arena applies cutting-edge AI (deep reinforcement learning & simulation) to enterprise-scale problems. We help global organizations operate better by automating frequent, critical path decisions that are the quiet backbone of the world economy—from pricing and inventory management to manufacturing quality assurance - and we’re just scratching the surface of what’s possible. Learn more at www.arena-ai.com.

  • Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

    2015 - 2020

    Acquired in August 2020. Voodoo Manufacturing built the digital factory of the future that made manufacturing as seamless as software. We operated two high-volume robotic 3D printing factories where we manufactured everything from mechanical components to patient-specific medical devices. Voodoo worked with thousands of customers, from engineers and entrepreneurs to companies including Amazon, R/GA, Autodesk and Intel. Backed by Y-Combinator (W17), General Catalyst, NextView, Fifty Years VC, and more.

2014 - 2015

  • Director of Product

    2014 - 2015

    Acquired by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) in October, 2017. Body Labs uses AI developed at Brown University and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems to deliver the human body as a digital platform. We make the world's most accurate models of human shape, pose, deformation and motion. These models allow us to accurately predict an individuals shape and movement from images, videos or a wide variety of 3D data.

2014 - 2014

  • Product Manager, Special Projects

    2014 - 2014

    Led effort to develop and deploy various software and web products, including the MakerBot Enterprise Fleet Management Platform, secure print streaming, and MakerBot Mobile and PrintShop.

2012 - 2014

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2012 - 2014

    Acquired by MakerBot (NASDAQ:SSYS) in February, 2014. Layer By Layer is an online marketplace for 3D printable products that provides a secure DRM solution for sellers and seamless printing app for customers. Backed by Y-Combinator (S13).