I'm based in San Francisco and am currently the founder of an AI startup, Patterns, building research agents for private equity investing.
Before Patterns I founded a marketplace, Scope and was an early employee at fintech Cover. In 2016, I joined the business operations team at Square (Block) to help scale risk and fraud detection systems, and in 2011 I started my career as a sell-side investment banker at Nomura Securities, covering hedge funds for fixed income products.
I went to Yale where I majored in economics and psychology, and started on the varsity football and track and field teams.
I write to explore my ideas and meet interesting people. Connect with me on LinkedIn or email me at chris@patterns.app.
Top of mind
- On Software, Startups, and IP in 2025
- Building differentiated AI products in 2025
- On AI, Software Scarcity, and Private Equity
- Patterns, from data orchestration to private market investing(wip)
Projects
The UpTrade
In 2014 I taught myself how to code and build "Reddit for Finance" before r/wallstreetbets was a thing. See on GitHub.
FurnishUp
My first startup, FurnishUp is an online platform for visualizing and arranging furniture in a virtual 3D interior space. Open-sourced as Blueprint3D.
Tour de Fox
In 3 months we traveled to all 48 contiguous states where we climbed to the highest point in every state, cycled between the base of the mountains, held over 30 fundraising events, and raised over $2mm. The project lives on an an annual fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox foundation. Watch on YouTube