Factory Announces Madison Faulkner as Head of Strategy and Welcomes AI Veteran and NEA Partner, Lila Tretikov to Board

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• Madison Faulkner and Lila Tretikov have both built AI systems, led engineering teams, and observed enterprises struggling with infrastructure problems Factory is solving; Faulkner's conviction in Factory compelled her to join full-time, and Tretikov brings board-level operating experience at scale

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• Factory addresses the problem of developers buried in maintenance work they did not create and cannot escape; Faulkner's conviction in Factory's thesis drove her to join as an operator rather than remain an investor; Tretikov is among the sharpest minds in enterprise AI joining at the right moment

  60% confidence

• Faulkner and Tretikov spent more than two years together at NEA focused on AI infrastructure and its gaps

  60% confidence

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