David Nelson | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1993
Iowa, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Software developer, entrepreneur |
David Nelson (born May 25, 1993 [1]) is an American software developer and CEO of Motion AI, an Artificial Intelligence software company.
Muziic
In 2009, at age 15, following a report by CNN [2] Nelson gained attention in the media for developing the Muziic [3] [4] streaming music application. The service garnered over 250 million listens worldwide. [5] Muziic was controversial to some in the music industry because it allowed access to stream music videos, through YouTube, but aggregated and displayed the songs in a way geared toward listening and building playlists. Because this occurred prior to services like Spotify coming to the United States, free applications like this were rare and often illegal.[ citation needed]
FanRx
David later went on to found FanRx (formerly BandRx [6]) in 2012, a social media software company for musicians and brands. The service gained over 225,000 subscribers and entered the Top 5 most popular music applications on Facebook.
In 2013, Nelson launched Mass Threat, a game development subsidiary of FanRx, catering to the music industry. Mass Threat has worked with Train, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco and Sia, [7] among others, to develop and launch games geared toward their fans. Mass Threat games collectively have been downloaded over 5 million times, according to the company's website.
Motion AI
In November 2015, Nelson unveiled Motion AI on Product Hunt, where it was number one for the day and earned a top spot in the all-time rankings. The company aims to bring Artificial Intelligence technologies to the masses by building a "UI for AI". In one of the fastest funding rounds in Chicago area history, [8] Motion AI subsequently raised $700,000 in seed funding to expand the team and build out the product, as reported in the Chicago Tribune. [9]
Motion AI was named one of Chicago's "50 Startups to Watch" in 2016. [10]
Personal life
In 2015, Nelson proposed to his girlfriend Chelsea on stage at a Train show in the Bahamas, following an introduction from Pat Monahan. [11]
References
- ^ "Muziic Community Forums; David". Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ^ Sandoval, Greg. "Teen-created music likely to irk YouTube". CNN.
- ^ "Muziic Company Info". Archived from the original on 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ^ Davis, Lidija (2009-03-09). "Will Google Uphold its "Do No Evil" Motto With Muziic?". ReadWriteWeb. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ^ Wauters, Robin. "Muziic has streamed 250 songs to date. But will it last?". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ^ "BandRx Rebrands as FanRx". HypeBot.
- ^ "Father-son duo teams with Grammy winners Train". WQAD. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ^ "Motion AI has raised $700K to create the UI for AI".
- ^ "Motion AI raises $700,000".
- ^ "Top 50 Chicago startups to watch in 2016".
- ^ "Grammy winners Train help QC man propose".
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