6x founder

Ain McKendrick

Founder | Advisor | Investor | Human in the Loop

Founder

Faction· Winter 2021 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn

2026Investor· New World Angels

Founder · since 1992

Company

New World Angels

Role

Investor

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

Profile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact

Faction

Driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.

Winter 2021

Experience

Career

FluidLogic®
Board Member · El Segundo, California, United States · 2021 – Present
2021
New World Angels
Investor · Boca Raton, FL · 2026 – Present
2026
Faction
Founder
Founder & CEO · South San Francisco, California, United States · 2020 – 2026
2020
New World Angels
Investor · Boca Raton, Florida, United States · 2026 – Present
2026
Miami Angels
Investor · Miami, Florida, United States · 2023 – 2026
2023
Starsky Robotics
VP Engineering · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019 – 2020
2019
Cyngn
SVP of Engineering · Menlo Park, CA · 2017 – 2019
2017
Podtek Inc.
Co-founder
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · South San Francisco, CA · 2016 – 2017
2016
Highfive
VP Engineering · Redwood City, CA · 2014 – 2016
2014
Lyve
Co-founder
Co-Founder / VP User Experience & Software · Cupertino, CA · 2012 – 2014
2012
Netflix
Senior Director of Partner Products · Los Gatos, CA · 2009 – 2012
2009
Dell
Founder
GM, Mobile Devices / Content / Software · Sunnyvale, CA · 2005 – 2009
2005
MonsterGecko
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · Palo Alto, CA · 2003 – 2006
2003
Digeo
Director, Software Applications and User Experience · Palo Alto, CA · 2000 – 2003
2000
TiVo
Senior Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area · 1998 – 2000
1998
Diba (acquired by Sun Microsystems)
Program Manager, Development Tools · Menlo Park, CA · 1997 – 1998
1997
Palm Computing
Founder
Software Engineer / Founding Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area · 1992 – 1997
1992

Bio

Previously CEO at Faction Technology. Prior to founding Faction, Ain has focused on autonomous systems on everything from light electric vehicles to the first successful driverless semi trucks to run on public highways. Before getting in to the vehicle space, Ain spent a number of years in consumer electronics at Netflix, Dell, TiVo, and various startups. He began his career as one of the founders of Palm Computing developing the original PalmPilot handheld digital assistants.