Jonty Knox
Australian software entrepreneur
- Working with founders on company building, AI/ML/Deep Learning, and growth
- Working on ethical solutions to the problems presented by AI
- Co-founded CustomerOS (formerly Openline), backed by YC, Seedcamp, Crane and Cocoa
- Y Combinator alum (Summer 2022)
- Previously Head of Product at Voxbone, sold to Bandwidth for US$519M in 2020
- Previously ran Product at Otto, a Sequoia backed company
- Angel investor in 20+ pre-seed companies
- Based between London, UK, Tuscany, Italy, and Adelaide, Australia
- jonty@jontyknox.com
01 / Bio
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Jonty Knox is an Australian entrepreneur, engineer, and Y Combinator alum (Summer 2022). He co-founded CustomerOS, an AI company for enterprise sales and marketing teams. Today, he consults on company building, AI, computer vision, and marketing, while working on ethical solutions to the problems presented by AI. Previously, he was Head of Product at Voxbone, which was acquired by Bandwidth for $519M in 2020.
02 / Awards
- 2023 Notion VC's B2B Software 100 List : #1 upcoming B2B SaaS company (Openline)
- 2021 UC Awards : Most Innovative Product
- 2020 ITSPA Awards : Best VoIP Innovation
- 2019 Global Carrier Awards : Best Voice Service Innovation - Mature Market
03 / Talks
Jonty has talked at prestigious locations globally as both a keynote speaker and panelist, at events in King's College, London and with Amazon's AWS.
04 / Interests
- AI and machine learning, particularly in natural language processing and agent design
- Product strategy and go-to-market execution in B2B SaaS
- Enabling high-performance remote teams
- Running, cycling & playing music
- Currently restoring and renovating a 200+ year old farm house in Tuscany, Italy.
- Maintaining a few aging (modern) classic cars