Overview
Julia MacDonald serves as Senior Vice President GTM & AI Solutions at Haize Labs [1][3]. MacDonald has advised 150+ startup founders on AI strategy, operations and growth, with clients including CrowdAI, Activeloop AI, Saima AI, ProofAI, GenEdit, Intropic Materials, and Princeton University [2]. MacDonald co-founded and scaled Listing Bird, an AI Supply Chain agent, to $600k ARR within five months [2], and previously built a $5.5m ARR business unit at Quid.com, which was acquired in 2020 [2]. MacDonald has worked on M&A transactions worth over $1.3bn in total [2]. Additional current roles include AI Advisor at Atomic [4], Advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck [5], and Miami Chair at AI Circle [6]. MacDonald holds an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business [11] and degrees in International Management from HEC Paris and International Business Administration from WU Vienna [12][13].
Profile introduction
Julia MacDonald has helped 150+ startup founders with AI strategy, operations and growth: Clients include: • CrowdAI (Computer Vision AI, $10m raised) • Activeloop AI (Multimodal RAG, $16m raised, YC 2016) • Saima AI (VoiceAI) • ProofAI ($10m raised) • GenEdit ($43.7m raised) • Intropic Materials ($3.4m raised) • Princeton University In addition Julia: • Co-founded and scaled Listing Bird (an AI Supply Chain agent) to $600k ARR within 5 months. • Built a $5.5m ARR business unit at Quid.com (acquired in 2020). • Julia has worked on M&A transactions worth over $1.3bn in total, in the r…
Career history
- Senior Vice President GTM & AI SolutionsJan 2026 to presentHaize Labs
- AI AdvisorJul 2025 to presentAtomic
- Advisor2019 to presentBerkeley SkyDeck
- Miami ChairMar 2025 to presentAI Circle
- Vice President AI OperationsNov 2023 to Jan 2026SuperAnnotate
- Vice President Operations & Finance2021 to 2022Veraset
- CEO / Co-founderMar 2020 to Oct 2021Listing Bird
- Head of AI Services2017 to 2020Quid (Acquired by NetBase Solutions - Jan 2020)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA2015 - 2017University of California, BerkeleyHaas School of Business
- HEC / WU Vienna Joint Degree, International Management at HEC Paris
- Mag.rer.soc.oec., International Business AdministrationWU (Vienna University of Economics and Business))
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