AI Developer Ecosystem

Gray Whale provides the best way to create AI-driven experiences—built atop a brand new foundational model designed for privacy, transparency & speed.

This is not vibe coding—this is intelligent data for serious AI applications. Think “Tik-Tok” for any data.

Advantages

⁠Data Tools

Interactive graphical UI with smart data extraction that solves pop-ups

Data Agents

Prompt-able, stateful and conditional workflows with a data target transformer (coming soon)

⁠Intelligent Data Feeds

Pre-trained datasets that learn from user interaction at scroll speed (coming soon)

AI Playground

Design, test & monetize a new experience—all from your phone

Team

Founders

Founders Dom Sagolla, Kenji Kato and Ben Vigoda are multiple-exit, veteran entrepreneurs from Harvard, MIT, DARPA, Apple, HP Labs, Adobe Labs and NASA. Collectively they hold advanced degrees in machine learning, cognitive science and physics. The three have industry experience in cybersecurity, social networks, ecommerce and semiconductors. Their achievements include:

⁠Invention of the first tensor processing unit (TPU)
⁠Creation of a worldwide developer community (Developer Camp)
⁠Patents across SaaS and media production
⁠Early creative work on Twitter & Square
⁠Software design and delivery for President Obama

Dom Sagolla

CEO

Founder, Developer Camp
Founder, Archipelo
Harvard, HP Labs, Adobe Labs

Kenji Kato

CTO

Principal Research Engineer, NASA
Faculty, Stanford University
Staff, Apple

Engineering

Jason Kim

Founding Engineer

MS Mathematics, Harvard University

BS, Swarthmore Mathematics

Data scientist, machine learning engineer

Cal Blanco

Masters Student, UC Santa Cruz

BS Computer Science

Thesis: Natural Language Processing

Data engineer, full stack developer

Chelsey Rush

Masters Student, UC Santa Cruz

MA Linguistics, University of Edinburgh

Thesis: Natural Language Processing

Linguist, machine learning engineer

Soren Larsen

Masters Student, UC Santa Cruz

BS Computer Science

Thesis: Natural Language Processing

Data engineer, full stack developer

Advisors

Ben Vigoda, PhD

Strategic Advisor

Machine Learning Pioneer

Chief Scientist, Product Genius

Committee Member, DARPA ISAT
Research Affiliate, MIT
Invented TPU, Sold to Analog Devices

Builds and deploys new foundational AI

Paula Rosales

Strategic Advisor

Business Development Guru

Brand Strategist

Event Producer

Professional Kiteboarder

Builds new companies and initiatives

Jonathan Birge, PhD

Strategic Advisor

Group Leader, MIT Lincoln Lab

Space Systems & Technology Division
MIT, Postdoctoral Scientist
Thor Labs, Principal Investigator

Builds and deploys space lasers

Brandon Rutter, PhD

Strategic Advisor

Robotics Expert

Aeolus, Lead Roboticist
Martian Robots, Roboticist
Case Western Reserve, Neuromechanics

Builds and deploys scientific robots

Our Vision

To shape the future of AI app development

Gray Whale is a company of American innovators, dedicated to each other and the following core principles:

Trust — basing decisions on mutual alignment, honesty and transparency

Diversity — celebrating differences of thought, action and being

Ingenuity — crafting fine products, services and inventions

We are an all remote team, centered on the San Francisco Bay Area. We believe in harmony and peace.

The gray whale represents our connection to nature and the protection of all creatures. It is a peaceful, ancient, huge symbol of grace and intelligence.

We formed in 2025 with a mission to enable software developers to utilize AI that rapidly distills concepts from experimental data and optimizes towards goals. We are building a true “AI scientist.”

The gray whale sustains itself by gathering a vast amount of material and filtering out nutrients from the sea. As a metaphor, this is the fundamental feature of our platform.

Part of our company culture is a deep respect for the ocean, and the meditative practice of surfing. Company meetings often take place in nature, such as Gray Whale Cove near San Francisco or Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch.