Shawn Olds

Managing Director & Chief AI Officer, ONE Bow River National Defense Fund, Keynote Speaker | AI Expert Witness | Founder

📍 Falls Church, Virginia, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 4 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Apr 2014
At scale, Ampsy uses its proprietary social geofencing technology and machine learning to help clients identify, segment & activate their most socially influential customers at events or business locations, leading to increased brand loyalty, engagement & revenue. Hundreds of clients have used the Ampsy platform, including the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Red Bull, Washington Wizards & Capitals, Phoenix Suns, AT&T, Samsung, Linkin Park, and many more. Ampsy was previously a Top 8 finalist at the SXSW Accelerator Competition and subsequently named one of the 20 Most Interesting Technologies at SXSW by IPG Media Lab. Ampsy is backed by Exponential Partners, Scout Ventures, Arab Angel Fund, Hivers & Strivers, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), and Raul Fernandez (Vice Chairman, Monumental Sports & Entertainment). www.ampsy.com
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Jul 2010
ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly sign in across websites without having to create a new sign-in and verify their identity again. Over 144 million users experience streamlined sign-in and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 44 state government agencies, and 66 healthcare organizations. More than 600 consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/
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2026
Managing Director | Chief AI Officer
May 2026
ONE Bow River is a private alternative asset management company based in Colorado, focused on investing in the lower middle market in private equity. ONE Bow River endeavors to solve U.S. defense problems by investing in critical data solutions designed to aid national defense. At the heart of ONE Bow Rivers mission is our shared commitment to investing in, nurturing, and advancing private, lower middle market companies focused on delivering data solutions for the US Government.
2016
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Apr 2016
BoodleBox is the collaborative AI workspace where human thinking and AI generation work together with private, secure, and affordable access to every major AI model. Join 120,000+ educators, students, and professionals alongside hundreds of institutions and teams building the discernment to lead AI, not just use it, with BoodleBox. Multi-model access. 38+ leading models (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and more) in one workspace. Switch mid-conversation, run the same prompt across models, and choose the right tool for the job without losing shared context or paying for multiple subscriptions. Built-in collaboration. Built for the whole room, not just one person in it. Shared workspaces let faculty, students, and teams work together in real time, which means knowledge compounds instead of fragmenting across isolated chat sessions. Security & privacy. Your data is yours and we have the contracts to prove it. Every prompt is anonymized, every file is encrypted end-to-end, with legally binding no-training agreements across every LLM provider while also meeting FERPA, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and HECVAT 4.0 compliance. Affordable & sustainable. Our proprietary token reduction technology cuts consumption by up to 96% without compromising output quality. This is a real architectural advantage, not prompt tricks or caching, which results in BoodleBox being dramatically more affordable and sustainable than direct model access at scale. Who were for: Higher ed — a secure, FERPA-compliant path to campus-wide AI adoption, with faculty visibility into student learning. Enterprise teams — private access for every team member, with shared context that compounds instead of resetting. Individuals — a personal AI workspace to build real AI judgment, not just get faster answers. Ready to learn more? Lets find out whats in it for you. Book a demo via our website. Lets build intelligence — together.
Fractal Industries, Inc.
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Jan 2016
2014
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Apr 2014
At scale, Ampsy uses its proprietary social geofencing technology and machine learning to help clients identify, segment & activate their most socially influential customers at events or business locations, leading to increased brand loyalty, engagement & revenue. Hundreds of clients have used the Ampsy platform, including the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Red Bull, Washington Wizards & Capitals, Phoenix Suns, AT&T, Samsung, Linkin Park, and many more. Ampsy was previously a Top 8 finalist at the SXSW Accelerator Competition and subsequently named one of the 20 Most Interesting Technologies at SXSW by IPG Media Lab. Ampsy is backed by Exponential Partners, Scout Ventures, Arab Angel Fund, Hivers & Strivers, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), and Raul Fernandez (Vice Chairman, Monumental Sports & Entertainment). www.ampsy.com
2012
RideScout
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Apr 2012
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