About Us

We all hate “black boxes!” And open source models aren’t tailored for e-commerce. That’s why Vody builds tools for data scientists to upload data, select model configuration and receive back a trained and optimized model to incorporate in their existing ML pipeline– using only three easy API calls. Build with tools made for you.

Introducing Vody Multi-modal (VodyMM): fuse all your data- Images, Text, Video, Audio, Clickstream

VodyMM injects the power of multimodal representations into existing models for e-commerce applications like recommendation/search/product matching. We use a set of curated and transparent routines, specific to e-commerce, that allow you to easily adapt the latest research and existing models for your business.

 

Optimized Models, Minimal Effort

Using cutting-edge research, Vody makes the latest optimization techniques available as a simple API call from your existing model development pipelines. We offer platform-agnostic, fixed-cost, server-less solutions to accelerate model development and supercharge performance. Our cutting-edge domain adaptation and multimodal representation routines enable clients to better understand and utilize their unstructured data and improve their ML pipeline’s performance and adaptability.

Our Story

We Are Dedicated To Helping Business Get The Absolute Most Out Of Their ML. 

Vody founder Stephanie Horbaczewski previously cofounded StyleHaul, an online fashion and beauty video network that sold to international media company RTL Group in 2014 for $150 million. At Stylehaul, Horbaczweksi led creation of the first AI for influencer marketing, an innovation which helped propel the company to $100 million in annual revenue.

The Vody team includes top-tier talent with experience at the CIA, IBM, NASA, Salesforce, Airbnb, and CBS. The company’s board of advisors includes Ian Swanson, formerly Worldwide Leader for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services (AWS); Jon Miller, former CEO of AOL and Hulu; Cristian Olarasu, Product lead at Nike; Yale Yee, partner at Telos Advisors; Matt Bloodgood, Dir of Customer Success at Salesforce; Sandy Grushow, Chairman of Fox; and Ann Berry, Threadneedle Ventures, former Partner Cornell Capital.

Team

Meet The Team

Stephanie horbaczewski

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Sean Wilner

HEAD OF RESeARCH

MATT NOBLE

DIRECTOR OF ML OPS

BEN FRANCO

ENGINEERING MANAGER

EVERETT GRIFFITHS

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

KEN LUO

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

MADELEINE GLICK

RESEARCH

Troy nguyen

business intel

CORE ADVISORY BOARD

ann berry

founder, threadneedle ventures

matt bloodgood

director of customer success, salesforce

sandy grushow

former chairman, fox

AARON KUNEY

former SR DIRECTOR, ZILLOW

jon miller

former ceo, aol & hulu

ian swanson

former worldwide leader ai/ml, aws

Press

In the News

Former StyleHaul Execs Launch Vody, Big-Data Startup Aimed at Enhancing Content Recos

Co-Founders Stephanie Horbaczewski, Jeremy Houghton recently closed $10 million in new funding.

Former StyleHaul Execs Raise $10 Million To Launch Content Recommendation Startup 'Vody'

Two former top execs at now-defunct multi-channel network StyleHaul have launched their latest endeavor

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