David Ferris

MTS @ OpenAI

Co-founder

Phonic· Winter 2020 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @d4ferris

2026Member of Technical Staff· OpenAI

Founder · since 2020

Company

OpenAI

Role

Member of Technical Staff

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Phonic

The best way to collect and analyze voice and video feedback

Winter 2020

Experience

Career

OpenAI
Member of Technical Staff · 2026 – Present
2026
South Park Commons
Research · 2025 – 2026
2025
Playground
Product Engineer · 2023 – 2025
2023
Phonic
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · 2020 – 2023
2020
Uber
Software Engineer · San Francisco, California · 2019
2019
Google
Software Engineer · New York · 2018
2018
Athos
Data Scientist · Redwood City · 2017
2017
CIBC
Software Developer · Toronto, ON · 2016
2016
WeMesh
Android Developer · Waterloo, ON · 2016
2016
FiftyThree Inc.
Mobile Device Intern · Seattle, WA · 2015
2015
Devils Glen Country Club
Ski Racing Coach · 2012 – 2013
2012

Bio

David graduated from The University of Waterloo with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering. He worked as a software engineer at Google on real-time ad auctions, and as an AI engineer at Uber on Global Intelligence. After this he was co-founder & CEO of Phonic (W20) and sold the startup in 2023 to Infillion, an LA-based ad-tech company. David is passionate about distributed systems, AI, and social entrepreneurship.