Overview
Nick Deveau is co-founder and CEO of Grotto AI[1][3], a New York-based AI platform for leasing[1]. Deveau maintains a professional presence on LinkedIn[2] and X[4], where additional information about their work and activities can be found.
Career history
- Co-Founder & CEO2025 to PresentGrottoAI
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - LeadMar 2023 to Jan 2025EvolutionIQ
- Head of DataApr 2022 to Mar 2023Vanna Health
- Graduate Student ResearcherDec 2020 to Jun 2022Stanford University
- Applied Scientist2021 to 2021Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Lead Data ScientistJul 2018 to Aug 2020pymetrics
- Data ScientistJul 2016 to Jun 2018pymetrics
- Research Assistant, PsychiatryJan 2014 to Jun 2016Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Education
Master of Science - MS, Biomedical InformaticsStanford University
Bachelor's degree, NeuroscienceDartmouth College
Insights & ideas
Nick Deveau argues that a significant driver of multifamily vacancy losses is not lack of demand but weak execution on the leasing calls and tours that convert prospects into residents, and he frames this as a large, quantifiable problem worth billions of dollars each year [1]. His response, built through GrottoAI, is a coaching tool that works alongside leasing teams during their actual calls and onsite tours rather than replacing them, suggesting his underlying view that leasing performance improves through real-time human coaching layered onto existing staff interactions [1].
The provocative framing of his conversation, that "your next leasing agent might be a bartender," points to an interest in transferable interpersonal and sales skills from outside traditional real estate hiring pools, though the specifics of that argument are not detailed in the material provided [1].
Media & appearances
- In Good CompanyApple PodcastsWhy Your Next Leasing Agent Might Be a Bartender │ Nick Deveau, Co-Founder & CEO at GrottoAIEliseAI Multifamily Podcast: Nick Deveau is on a mission to fix billions of dollars being lost through apartments sitting vacant each year. As Co-Founder and CEO of GrottoAI, he's built a coaching tool that works alongside multifamily leasing teams on their calls and onsite tours,
In the news
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