Sol Kennedy

Founder @ BestInterest (#aiforpeace) | YC Alum | Ex-Google PM | Featured in WIRED | Endorsed by Dr. Ramani | Webby Nominated

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2018
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Angel Investor
Aug 2018
Leena AIs Agentic AI is designed for global enterprises. Equipped with Leena AI’s proprietary large language model, WorkLM, Leena AI empowers enterprises worldwide to redefine how employees get work done, delivering a transformative impact on productivity and efficiency. Our Gen AI agent reduces IT, HR, and Finance tickets and ensures a unified experience for all enterprise employees, by bringing their entire techstack together. We guarantee a 70% self-service ratio in the contract. WorkLM, built on Leena AIs breakthrough language model architecture, possesses an unparalleled predictive text generation capability, producing human-like responses in context. This empowers employees with a versatile toolset to accomplish tasks with exceptional precision and speed, unlocking unprecedented levels of productivity and efficiency. Leena AI seamlessly integrates with 1000+ applications, including SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, ADP, Oracle, Workday, and Microsoft Office 365. The company’s solutions have been successfully deployed across 90+ countries, serving over 400+ customers, including leading enterprises such as Nestlé, Puma, Coca-Cola, Sony, and Etihad Airways. Founded in 2018, Leena AI supports 100+ languages globally, and millions of employees use the work assistant daily. For more information, visit https://leena.ai.
Angel Investor
Mar 2018
Caper is the leading AI-powered smart shopping cart on the market. Caper Carts bring together online and offline shopping to create a seamless in-store shopping experience for customers, and drive meaningful benefits for retailers such as incremental customer spend, increased labor efficiency and alternate revenue streams. Ready to make shopping magic? Book your demo today.
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Chainalysis offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses as they work together to fight illicit cryptocurrency activity. Backed by Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital, Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains.  For more information, visit: www.chainalysis.com
Angel Investor
Aug 2017
Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.
Angel Investor
Mar 2015
EquipmentShare is a nationwide equipment and digital solutions company serving the construction industry. We’re on a mission to give contractors and construction companies build with control thanks to our T3 technology platform and equipment rental, retail and service solutions. We’re more than an equipment rental company. We share cloud-connected technology and equipment solutions that simplify construction work. We’re always looking for curious, hardworking problem-solvers to add to our team! Check out our open positions and apply at equipmentshare.com/careers. For more updates: T3.tech Twitter: @equipmentshare Instagram: @equipment_share Facebook: facebook.com/equipmentshare Website: equipmentshare.com
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Angel Investor
Mar 2015
GitLab is a complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application, fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate and build software. From idea to production, GitLab helps teams improve cycle time from weeks to minutes, reduce development costs and time to market while increasing developer productivity. Were the worlds largest all-remote company with team members located in more than 65 countries. As part of the GitLab team, you can work from anywhere with good internet. Youll have the freedom to contribute when and where you do your best work. Interested in opportunities at GitLab? Join our talent community and share your information with our recruiting team: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/
Angel Investor
Jan 2013
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.
Experience · 11 entries
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2024
Founder
Jun 2024
At BestInterest, we are more than just a technology company; we are a team committed to making a positive impact in the lives of families. Our mission is to create a platform that not only simplifies the complexities of managing family dynamics but also strengthens the bonds between family members, especially in co-parenting situations – all using the power of artificial intelligence. Our journey began with a simple yet profound realization: families come in all shapes and sizes, and each one has its unique challenges and triumphs. Recognizing the absence of a tool that genuinely caters to the nuanced needs of modern families, we set out to fill this gap. BestInterest is the result of countless hours of research, development, and, most importantly, listening to the stories and experiences of families from all walks of life. Our goal is to bridge the gap between technology and human empathy. We believe that by providing a platform that is intuitive, secure, and comprehensive, we can alleviate some of the stress and uncertainty that comes with family management and co-parenting. BestInterest is designed to be more than just an app; it’s a companion in your family’s journey, offering tools and resources that are tailored to foster harmony, understanding, and cooperation. n building BestInterest, we have placed the utmost importance on privacy and security. We understand that trust is the foundation of any family relationship, and we extend that belief to our users. Your family’s information is protected with the highest standards of data security, ensuring that your private life remains just that – private. As we move forward, our team remains dedicated to enhancing BestInterest, constantly innovating, and adapting to the ever-changing landscape of family needs. We are here to grow with you, providing support and tools that evolve with your family.
2018
Angel Investor
Aug 2018
Leena AIs Agentic AI is designed for global enterprises. Equipped with Leena AI’s proprietary large language model, WorkLM, Leena AI empowers enterprises worldwide to redefine how employees get work done, delivering a transformative impact on productivity and efficiency. Our Gen AI agent reduces IT, HR, and Finance tickets and ensures a unified experience for all enterprise employees, by bringing their entire techstack together. We guarantee a 70% self-service ratio in the contract. WorkLM, built on Leena AIs breakthrough language model architecture, possesses an unparalleled predictive text generation capability, producing human-like responses in context. This empowers employees with a versatile toolset to accomplish tasks with exceptional precision and speed, unlocking unprecedented levels of productivity and efficiency. Leena AI seamlessly integrates with 1000+ applications, including SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, ADP, Oracle, Workday, and Microsoft Office 365. The company’s solutions have been successfully deployed across 90+ countries, serving over 400+ customers, including leading enterprises such as Nestlé, Puma, Coca-Cola, Sony, and Etihad Airways. Founded in 2018, Leena AI supports 100+ languages globally, and millions of employees use the work assistant daily. For more information, visit https://leena.ai.
Angel Investor
Mar 2018
Caper is the leading AI-powered smart shopping cart on the market. Caper Carts bring together online and offline shopping to create a seamless in-store shopping experience for customers, and drive meaningful benefits for retailers such as incremental customer spend, increased labor efficiency and alternate revenue streams. Ready to make shopping magic? Book your demo today.
2017
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Chainalysis offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses as they work together to fight illicit cryptocurrency activity. Backed by Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital, Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains.  For more information, visit: www.chainalysis.com
Angel Investor
Aug 2017
Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.
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