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.