Naithan Jones
Chief Executive Officer at Oyi Labs
Naithan Jones
Chief Executive Officer at Oyi Labs
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - Current
Founder / CEO at Oyi Labs (venture backed) we build category specific generative AI applications for every day prosumers. Our first product adtwin.ai is designed to make it simple and easy for small businesses and startups to build and launch audio ads on platforms like (Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora etc. )
Board Member
2023
VP of Growth (Founding Team)
2021 - 2023
As part of the founding team, built and executed GTM strategy for Royal, a consumer crypto company building retail markets for music rights. The first marketplace to ever facilitate sales of premiere music catalogs, including Nas, Chainsmokers, Diplo, Big Boi
Investor
2020 - 2021
* Designed the TxO accelerator program * Raised fund one ($20m) * Invested in 60 seed stage companies
Partner - Market Development
2015 - 2020
Partner to portfolio founders advising on GTM specific to media and entertainment. Also built out celebrity and influencer networks for a16z Specific focus: * Forming partnerships with the world's most prominent media and entertainment companies * Advising executives at music labels, TV networks, content publishers, movie studios and talent agencies on innovation * Advising early stage companies on go to market strategy * Product road map feedback and input
CEO and Founder
2011 - 2015
Founder of a venture backed (a16z) marketplace that facilitated buying relationships between farms and restaurants. Full stack, full supply chain. First in category at the time
VP of Partnerships
2010 - 2011
Drove partnership ecosystem for Kauffman Foundation’s unique research, content and tools
VP of BizDev
2009 - 2010
Ran the sales and business development function for Security PS (a software security services firm) clients including many large and regional banks
Account Executive
2007 - 2009
Client manager for Gartner’s f500 financial services clients (CTO/CIO) in Philadelphia and Charlotte, NC markets
Sr. Account Executive (Inside)
2006 - 2007
In territory account executive selling mainframe software