About Us
Trainspot is the AI data marketplace where rights matter. We’re building a better model for the AI economy.
We are a team of experienced technologists and AI optimists who believe the real opportunities for AI lie ahead of us, and should be shared by everyone: builders, content creators, and data owners alike.
Massive investments are being made in AI software development, chips, infrastructure, and energy in the race to realize the promise of AI over the next decade. The content and data necessary to power AI models and applications to make this market a reality requires a scalable commercial solution that can ultimately bring the promise of AI to everyone.
Trainspot is that solution.
We’re excited to be tackling this hard problem with all the creativity and knowledge our team brings from our experience gained at startups, venture capital, and products built at large companies that have impacted the lives of billions.
We’re a global community imagining and building the AI future where everyone is welcome. Join us.
The Founding Team
Ron Palmeri has a track record of building innovative technology startups. He is recognized for his expertise in creating user-centric products that reshape how people connect and work. Ron has been a founder or day zero investor in groundbreaking startups such as OpenDNS, Google Voice (previously Grand Central, acquired by Google) Scout Labs (first social media analytics company), Prism (2011 AI computer vision startup), Layer (TechCrunch Disrupt winner) and others, with collective exits exceeding $700m. Ron has worked as a venture capitalist with Minor Ventures and as a partner at Arrington Capital.
David Temkin is a longtime Silicon Valley technologist. He was most recently at Google, where he led the product team responsible for advertising privacy and user trust. Prior to Google he was CPO at Brave Software. He’s worked at Apple as an engineer, AOL as a general manager and other companies in CTO and product roles. Trainspot is the third company he’s co-founded; he previously co-founded Laszlo Systems and Cola, Inc. David is named on 11 patents.
Jeremy Wyld has spent over 25 years working on innovative consumer products. He started with Apple and its Newton projects. After a period of time at early internet startups, he returned to Apple, focusing on Internet technologies as a core part of OS X. Jeremy was part of the original team of 10 software engineers working on the first generation iPhone; he is named on the famous '949 patent (US Patent 7,479,949; commonly referred to as "the iPhone patent") as well as being a contributor to the iPod Touch and iPad. Trainspot is the third startup he’s co-founded.
Brian Maggi has over 30 years of experience and thought leadership in product design and marketing. He got his start in the industry at Apple (Newton, iMac, iTunes), and later co-founded three startups: Postini (acquired by Google); Idea Momentum, a product design agency; and Cola Inc., a consumer messaging company. He is named on two of the original patents for email spam blocking. He’s also been a standup comedian, but don’t tell anyone.
Jason Cline was the Director of Engineering at Sencha, where he led the development of high-performance web application frameworks. With extensive expertise in front-end technologies, he was instrumental in driving innovation and improving the developer experience across Sencha's product suite. He previously worked in senior engineering roles at Vodafone and Sitepen.