Mike Knoop
Co-founder & CEO of Ndea (AGI research lab, co-founded with François Chollet, announced Jan 2025). Co-founder of Zapier (founded 2011, YC S12) and remains on its board; stepped down from his Head of AI / day-to-day operating role at Zapier in Jan 2025 to focus on Ndea. Co-founder & board member of the ARC Prize Foundation (ARC-AGI benchmark) with François Chollet — public AI-research signal.
Ravenna Relevance
- Personal angel investor in Ravenna’s $15M round (Apr 2025).
- One of 4 Zapier execs on Ravenna’s cap table.
- Halliday’s peer at Zapier — Knoop ran AI at Zapier while Halliday ran Director of Engineering, AI. ^[inferred — same org / overlapping reporting line plausible]