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Inside the NetworkJon Gelsey: Building Auth0, the only PLG company in cybersecurity to achieve a multi-billion dollar exitOur guest in this episode is Jon Gelsey. Jon was the first CEO of Auth0, a leading identity-as-a-service platform, which grew from 5 to 300 employees during his four years at the helm. Auth0 was acquired by Okta in February 2021 for $6.5B. After Auth0, Jon served as CEO of Xnor, a computer vision and machine learning spinoff of the Allen Institute. The company was acquired by Apple for ~$200M in January 2020. When Auth0 first started in 2013, there were already several authentication vendors in the market. Okta, ForgeRock, and OneLogin had all built considerable scale by the t...
2024-08-0157 min
The Future of IdentityJon Gelsey: Identity Product GTM Insight from Auth0’s Early DaysIn this episode, we talk with Jon Gelsey, founding CEO of Auth0 Inc, which sold to Okta for $6.5B, as well as the CEO of Xnor.ai which he sold to Apple for $200m.Jon told the story of the early days of Auth0, including how they got their first $1m of revenue. Then we spent time diving in to how new technologies get adopted—Jon even went as far as saying that technology adoption is always incremental, not revolutionary.Then we talk about the role of big tech, and why he doesn’t think reus...
2024-01-1036 min
Startup Theatre PodcastWe sold our AI company to Apple for $200m before we even released the productIn this episode of the WFLS podcast, we chat with Jon Gelsey
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Jon Gelsey started his career as an IC designer and supercomputer architect at Convex Computer, which was acquired by HP to be the high end of their server line.
After multiple product management and marketing roles he became a VC at Intel Capital, was responsible for strategy and M&A at Microsoft, and then became founding CEO of Auth0 Inc (acquired by Okta for US$6.5B) and later CEO of Xnor.ai (acquired by Apple for a publicly reported US$200M).
Jon is currently unemployed and enjoying his time.
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2023-11-0931 min
Build Amazing Things (securely)Life at the Edge of Authentication with Jon GelseyJon Gelsey has had an incredible career for someone who describes themselves as "unemployed." Most notably, however, you may know him last as the founder and former CEO of Auth0. In this week's episode, Jon joins us to talk about the importance of cyber security from day 1, planning on being wildly successful, and what the future of authentication may hold.
2023-06-0638 min
Built in Seattle with Adam SchoenfeldJulian Alvarez (Co-Founder & CEO at Logixboard) on building conviction, handling rejection, and blocking out the noiseOn this episode of The Built in Seattle Podcast, I talked with Julian Alvarez, CEO & Co-Founder at Logixboard.For more stories and lessons from startup life in Seattle, subscribe to my weekly emailEpisode HighlightsHow to stay sane when people say you're crazy.No tech founder + No domain expertise = ??Selling first customers from PowerPointMoving to Columbia to sit with an early customer.The 50+ rejections, 7 months, and 6 flights that it took to land the first customer.Smiling about mistakes. The formula for raising money. Behind the scenes on Logixboard series A.Why Symbol.ai is...
2021-10-2836 min