About ambient

Our mission is to help Leaders leverage AI to be more productive.

Ambient is an AI teammate for the Office of the CEO.  Inspired by (and often, supercharging) the role of Chief of Staff, Ambient fundamentally transforms how leadership teams operate by automating rote tasks, improving execution, and guiding leaders to high quality decisions.  Our vision is to be the AI “Ship’s Computer” for the C-Suite, extracting insights from the sea of unstructured data that is hidden across meetings, email, and chat.

Ambient is based in San Francisco.

Team Ambient

Lawrence Coburn
Co-Founder & CEO
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Lawrence (aka LC) is our co-founder and CEO, and is responsible for keeping the lights on, articulating the vision, and convincing great people to join the team. Lawrence is a serial entrepreneur who lives in the Mission District of San Francisco with his wife and daughter. Previously, he founded DoubleDutch, the market leader for mobile event apps, which was acquired by Cvent in 2019. When not working, you can find Lawrence riding bicycles with his family, on the basketball or tennis courts, and reading Science Fiction. Lawrence was once attacked by a monkey as a child, yet amazingly, holds no hard feelings.
My teammates describe me as:
Unassuming, Inspirational, Pioneer, Dreamer, Strong
Theme song:
Everything Now - Arcade Fire
Taylor McLoughlin
Co-Founder
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Taylor is co-founder of Ambient, where he sits at the intersection of analytics, operations, and product. Before Ambient, Taylor led marketing and operations at DoubleDutch, a category-leading event technology company founded by Ambient's current CEO and co-founder, Lawrence. You can catch Taylor playing beach volleyball, kicking it on the soccer field, or sailing along NYC’s waterways when he's out of the office.
My teammates describe me as:
Rock, Steady, Versatile, Inspiring, Intuitive, Multi-Tasker, Perceptive
Theme song:
Samba em Kigali - Tapioca
Brandon Catcho
Chief Technology Officer
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Brandon is our Chief Technology Officer. In addition to being our resident IT support, he is responsible for developing our software portfolio, cultivating a passionate engineering team, and keeping an eye on the horizon for trailblazing technologies and methods. Brandon has honed his technical and leadership expertise over the last 18 years. Once the laptop is closed Brandon scours the streets of San Francisco for the perfect cup of coffee to bring home to his arsenal of synthesizers.In addition to loving all things technology, Brandon at one point thought he was going to be a composer and is a tad too enthusiastic about the sonata form, but really, who isn’t?
How are you doing, really?
My teammates describe me as:
Complicated, Polymath, Ethical, Effective, Eccentric, Decision Maker
Theme song:
Reptilia - The Strokes