Alex Paley
Co-Founder at Rift
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Paley is a serial founder and product leader with 13 years of experience building consumer-facing platforms and startups at the intersection of gaming, food tech, and finance. Currently co-founding Rift and incubating Rift AI through Faraway, he focuses on redefining everyday interactions with financial markets using AI-driven products. His background includes senior leadership at Scopely and an acquisition exit from Dairy Free Games to Glu Mobile, plus hands-on experience launching robotic delivery kitchens with Halo Kitchens. Alex combines product vision and operational rigor—scaling teams, monetization strategies, and cross-platform game ecosystems—to move ideas from prototype to commercial traction. Based in Miami, he blends a finance education from the University of Michigan with entrepreneurial grit and a pattern of building repeatable startups. Not obvious from titles: he repeatedly moves between highly creative consumer products and deeply operational ventures, signaling a rare comfort with both product-market fit and complex execution.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance, General, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance, General at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Github contributions (5)
alexpaley/wochi-web
May 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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