Summary
Zach Hudson is a self-taught engineer and founder with a decade of experience building products and leading teams in e-commerce. As Co-Founder and CEO of Onton, he’s shaping conversational, multi-modal search that combines natural language, images, and an AI-powered knowledge graph to make product discovery feel like talking to an expert. A Pioneer winner and On Deck fellow based in San Francisco, Zach blends hands-on technical intuition with product leadership forged at agencies, brands, and commerce technologies. Raised in a small town, he’s passionate about mentoring other founders and giving back to the startup community, often trading tactical advice drawn from real-world product launches.
10 years of coding experience
Economics Political Science, Economics Political Science at University of Newcastle
Economics, Economics at USC Darla Moore School of Business