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Max Child

Co-Founder & CEO at Volley

Max Child, Co-Founder & CEO of Volley

Max Child is the Co-Founder and CEO of Volley, a leading developer of voice AI games for smart speaker platforms like Amazon Alexa, smartphones, and connected TVs.123 He co-founded the company in 2016 with James Wilsterman, his college roommate at Harvard.2

Prior to Volley, Max worked as a writer and iOS App Developer at The Infatuation from 2013 to 2017.14 He was also an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group from 2010 to 2012.14

Max has an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and is a dropout from Stanford Graduate School of Business.14 He attended Polytechnic School as well.4

Under Max's leadership, Volley has become the highest-grossing AI-powered gaming startup.3 The company recently raised $55 million in Series C funding co-led by Microsoft's M12 Ventures and the Amazon Alexa Fund.3

Max believes voice control will become ubiquitous across all computing devices in the next 5-10 years.5 He sees Volley becoming the "homepage for voice control games" across various devices.5 Max has also co-hosted the Cerebral Valley AI Summit.67

Highlights

Dec 10 · twitter

Voice AI on the rise!

Nov 5 · twitter

Ready for election night. https://t.co/b4Uu3bxXWO

Ready for election night. https://t.co/b4Uu3bxXWO
Jul 9 · VentureBeat
Volley raises $55M voice-enabled AI games - VentureBeat
Jul 9 · The Information
Startup Volley Raises $55 Million to Create Voice-Powered AI Games - The Information

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Experience

Co-Founder & CEO at Volley (August 2016 - Present)
San Francisco Writer + iOS App Developer at The Infatuation (March 2013 - October 2017), Co-Founder & iOS Developer at Streak Trivia (June 2013 - August 2013), Associate at The Boston Consulting Group (September 2010 - June 2012), President at The Harvard Crimson (January 2009 - January 2010), Junior VP of Sales at PaperG (June 2008 - August 2008), Summer Intern at Latham & Watkins (June 2007 - August 2007)

Education

A.B., Economics at Harvard University (2006 - 2010), Polytechnic School (2000 - 2006), Dropout at Stanford Graduate School of Business (2012 - 2013)

Location

San Francisco, California, United States