J.R. Wells

CV / Resume

J.R. Wells

Founder. CTO. Product leader. Angel investor. Seed stage to pre-IPO with multiple exits. Engineering, Product, GTM — I don't pick sides.

[ Experience ]

Career

Mar 2026 – Present

Owner

Monet

Agentic engineering AI vibe coding platform. Cross-platform orchestration control room for Claude Code and AI agents.

Sep 2024 – Nov 2025

Chief Technology Officer

Ichi

Professional AI for Architects, Engineers, and Construction industry professionals. Backed by Costanoa Ventures.

Nov 2023 – Oct 2024

Sold

AI Medical Notes App

Self-employed

Built and sold a full stack iOS + Android app that powered SOAP medical notes end-to-end. Fine-tuned custom speech-to-text models with synthetic data for veterinary terminology.

Jan 2023 – Sep 2024

NYSE: KVYO

New Ventures

Klaviyo

IPO 9/20/2023. Launched Reviews product, $0 to $Xmm ARR within 18 months. Rebuilt data ingestion pipeline with Airflow/Spark.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

Chief Technology Officer

Batch

CTO building CPG instant payments app. Raised $5M seed co-led by Coatue, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), and Scott Belsky.

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer

Milo Veterinary Software

Cofounder of Milo, a pet healthcare company backed by Human Ventures and Quiet Capital. Raised $5M, pivoted from 3 IRL hospitals to SaaS.

May 2014 – Jun 2018

Acquired

Chief of Staff

Tuft & Needle

Employee #3, Chief of Staff to CEO. Grew from $5M rev in a spare garage to $200M annual revenue and $340M exit. Bootstrapped.

[ Projects ]

Things I've built

Monet

Cross-platform agentic orchestration control room for AI-powered development.

Eve

AI assistant that lives in iMessage. Text her a question, get a real answer.

Amie Divorce

AI-powered divorce guidance platform.

Arizona Microcredit Initiative

501(c)(3) non-profit giving small loans and business consulting to low-income entrepreneurs in Phoenix. Still running 10+ years later.

[ Education ]

Background

Arizona State University

Computer Science

Arizona Microcredit Initiative

Executive Director · 2011–2014

Founded a 501(c)(3) in college giving small loans and business consulting to low-income entrepreneurs. Still running 10+ years later.