Austin Hay
Applied AI, Growth, Systems & Ops • Khosla Ventures • Growth Stack Mafia
ex-Replit
ex-AtoBI am an operator who codes. Ex-Founder/CEO, technical marketing exec, AI builder, writer, and advisor.
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I’m an engineer who does marketing. Increasingly, I’m an AI builder and advisor pushing what’s possible for technical marketing Today, I spend my time as a Martech, Revtech, and GTM systems advisor for scaling companies. I also spend time with founders in what I like to call Founder I write about the intersection of all things marketing, gtm, systems, ai and scaling You can follow my newsletter Growth Stack Mafia com/I also co-host a podcast called Go to Market News: com/show/2XaTdtl5U0spHhSvRO2pZB or Book a sponsored post 👉 me/austin-hayTake my Martech class on Reforge here 👉 com/courses/courses/mastering-marketing-technologyTake my Revtech class on Maven here 👉 com/austinahay/revtechPreviously…👾 Co-CEO at Clarify📈 Martech at Ramp👨🏼🏫 Partner at Reforge✈️ Ops & Go-to-Market at Runway⚙️ Growth at mParticle🌲 Go-to-Market at Branch🎓 USC, Stanford, Wharton alum
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- KHOSLA VENTURESJOB
- Applied AI, Growth & Systems6M
Applied AI, Growth & Systems
Khosla Ventures
- Helping founders win - Helping teams understand and deploy technology across marketing, gtm, sales, operations, finance and legal to solve the most complicated problems of growing a business - Educating teams how to use AI across non-technical domains to drive velocity - Cooking on a platform to give to our portcos
- HBE VENTURESJOB
- Martech, Revtech, GTM syst…9Y 9M
Martech, Revtech, GTM systems Advisor | Investor and AI Builder
HBE Ventures
I consult, write, invest and build through HBE. Over the years I've consulted and advised to Walmart, JPMorgan Chase, Mars, Mozilla, Airbnb, Turner, Warby Parker, Postmates, Foursquare, Strava, Jet.com, Notion, Bain, Krisp, ABinBev, Michaels, Wonder, Appsflyer, Braze, Sonos, Robinhood, Capital One, Mozilla, Rover, Replit, AtoB. I’ve also built the Growth Practice (acquired by mParticle), Marketing Tech Academy (acquired by Reforge), and BC bot. I continue to incubate and build micro businesses. For sponsored writing you can book me through Passionfroot or reach out to me directly: https://www.passionfroot.me/austin-hay
- CLARIFYJOB
- Co-CEO, cofounder2Y 11M
Co-CEO, cofounder
Clarify
A fast, flexible, intelligent CRM that people actually love. Raised $22.5M, built an awesome product, hired an incredible team. Departed in September 2025 to keep building in AI and martech. Hardest thing I've ever done. You can read about it here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/austinahay_today-its-with-a-heavy-heart-that-i-want-activity-7379207268510375936-odGn
- REFORGEJOB
- Partner & Martech Teacher4Y 11M
Partner & Martech Teacher
Reforge
Martech thought leader at Reforge. You can take my course here: https://www.reforge.com/courses/marketing-technology
- REPLITJOB
- Technical Mktg Advisor4M
Technical Marketing Advisor
Replit
marketing and data things 🌈
- ATOBJOB
- Interim CMO8M
Interim CMO
AtoB
- Mktg Advisor8M
Marketing Advisor
AtoB
- LORIKEETJOB
- Mktg Advisor7M
Marketing Advisor
Lorikeet
- ROVER.COMJOB
- Maretch Advisor6M
Maretch Advisor
Rover.com
- CAPITAL ONEJOB
- Mktg Product Advisor2Y
Marketing Product Advisor
Capital One
- RAMPJOB
- Head of Mktg Technology2Y 11M
Head of Marketing Technology
Ramp
Redesigned and improved our go-to-market and marketing systems. Got to work with one of the greatest teams of all time.
- Job: Khosla Ventures — Applied AI, Growth & Systems · 2026-04 – present · 4 mo — - Helping founders win - Helping teams understand and deploy technology across marketing, gtm, sales, operations, finance and legal to solve the most complicated problems of growing a business - Educating teams how to use AI across non-technical domains to drive velocity - Cooking on a platform to give to our portcos
- Job: HBE Ventures — Martech, Revtech, GTM systems Advisor | Investor and AI Builder · 2017 – present · 9y 7mo — I consult, write, invest and build through HBE. Over the years I've consulted and advised to Walmart, JPMorgan Chase, Mars, Mozilla, Airbnb, Turner, Warby Parker, Postmates, Foursquare, Strava, Jet.com, Notion, Bain, Krisp, ABinBev, Michaels, Wonder, Appsflyer, Braze, Sonos, Robinhood, Capital One, Mozilla, Rover, Replit, AtoB. I’ve also built the Growth Practice (acquired by mParticle), Marketing Tech Academy (acquired by Reforge), and BC bot. I continue to incubate and build micro businesses. For sponsored writing you can book me through Passionfroot or reach out to me directly: https://www.passionfroot.me/austin-hay
- Job: Replit — Technical Marketing Advisor · 2026-01 – 2026-05 · 4 mo — marketing and data things 🌈
- Job: AtoB — Interim CMO · 2025-09 – 2026-05 · 8 mo
- Job: Lorikeet — Marketing Advisor · 2025-09 – 2026-04 · 7 mo
- Job: AtoB — Marketing Advisor · 2025-09 – 2026-05 · 8 mo
- Job: Rover.com — Maretch Advisor · 2025-07 – 2026-01 · 6 mo
- Job: Capital One — Marketing Product Advisor · 2024 – 2026-01 · 2y
- Job: Clarify — Co-CEO, cofounder · 2024 – 2026 · 2y — A fast, flexible, intelligent CRM that people actually love. Raised $22.5M, built an awesome product, hired an incredible team. Departed in September 2025 to keep building in AI and martech. Hardest thing I've ever done. You can read about it here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/austinahay_today-its-with-a-heavy-heart-that-i-want-activity-7379207268510375936-odGn
- Job: Reforge — Partner & Martech Teacher · 2022 – 2026 · 4y — Martech thought leader at Reforge. You can take my course here: https://www.reforge.com/courses/marketing-technology
- Job: Ramp — Head of Marketing Technology · 2022 – 2024 · 2y — Redesigned and improved our go-to-market and marketing systems. Got to work with one of the greatest teams of all time.
- School: The Wharton School — Master of Business Administration - MBA
- School: Stanford University — Master of Science (M.Sc.), Civil and Environmental Engineering
- School: University of Southern California — Bachelor's of Science, Environmental Engineering
- School: University of Virginia — Certificate, Financial Planning and Services
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