Sam Stallings
Founder & CPO at Artisan
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolSam Stallings is a founder and product leader with 12 years of experience building data- and AI-driven products, currently designing "AI employees" as Founder & CPO at Artisan in San Francisco. He combines hands-on engineering roots from early full‑stack roles and a Dev Bootcamp education with product and go-to-market leadership developed through progressive product roles at IBM and startup leadership at Upkeep and Branche. Sam has shipped SaaS and AI offerings across outbound sales automation and enterprise Data & AI portfolios, bridging technical implementation with customer-facing product strategy. His background in finance and analytics (UCLA/Loyola Marymount) informs a metrics-driven approach to product decisions and commercialization. Notably, he helped bring consumer fintech products to market earlier in his career, including work on a YC-backed Bitcoin debit card launch. He thrives at the intersection of applied ML, product design, and scalable engineering—turning research and prototypes into repeatable revenue-generating teams and products.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Imperial College LondonDev BootcampUniversity of California, Los AngelesBachelor of Arts (BA) Finance, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Finance at Loyola Marymount University, College of Business AdministrationGithub contributions (5)
peanutbutternsam/TruckHunt_Angular_Client
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes in 1 month
peanutbutternsam/node-express-skeleton
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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