Summary
James Graham is a founder and CEO with 12 years of software and startup experience based in San Francisco, currently leading Community Phone to simplify human-to-human communication. He previously co-founded Caffeine Software, building performance- and security-focused networking tools used by major marketplaces and messaging platforms, and was a 2017 Thiel Fellow. Comfortable wearing founder, engineering, and product hats, James has delivered mobile and web systems for startups and enterprises, and consults across growth-stage challenges. He blends practical engineering—“I try to build useful things”—with a research-minded curiosity evidenced by auditing courses at MIT and Harvard. An early entrepreneur, he built and monetized community platforms (managed game servers and a niche math site) before moving into infrastructure and communications. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who focuses on making everyday interactions faster, safer, and more human.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
symbolic AI, symbolic AI at MIT (auditor)
Cambridge Public Library
Political economies of the mass media propaganda surveillance and democracy, Political economies of the mass media propaganda surveillance and democracy at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (auditor)