# David Wilson

> Product founder who designs and ships.

## About

I have been building things since I convinced my 9th grade biology teacher to let my friend and me mod a video game instead of doing the assignment. Neither of us could code. We figured it out - and later founded two startups together.

I started my first company, Cape Networks, in a basement in Cape Town. We designed and built our own hardware, sold the business to Aruba/HPE and moved to San Francisco.

My second, Hunch, has been a deep dive into AI: agents, eval systems, and what it takes to make AI products that work reliably in production.

## Projects

### Hunch / Overclock
Visual AI workspace that became background AI agents. Started with Hunch, a canvas to create workflows with any AI models. Evolved into Overclock: agents that review each other's work, learn from feedback, and actually stay reliable. Hunch is still used by thousands of people.
- Hunch: https://app.hunch.tools
- Demo (Latent Space AI UX award): https://x.com/Scobleizer/status/1784743064541757913

### LinkedIn Rewind / Coauthor
Viral year-in-review product. 300K users in two weeks (2024). Idea to production in 4 days, then 60+ versions in 17 days. Rebuilt it in 2025, charged for it, and drove $150K ARR to Coauthor in two weeks.
- Rewind: https://rewind.coauthor.studio
- Coauthor: https://coauthor.studio
- Carousel Generator: https://coauthor.studio/carousel
- 60+ versions video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTQG0SfJb9Y

### Neon Data
Super fast data exploration for regular humans. Automatic visualization, instant cross-filtering, auto-joins.
- Demo: https://neon.ac/preview
- Latency is the Mind Killer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qqvzac4z0

### Cape Networks
Hardware + SaaS for network performance management. Founder/CEO. Acquired by HPE/Aruba. $10M/y revenue. 2,000+ customers including Microsoft, Amazon, Home Depot, and Disney.
- Disney testimonial: https://vimeo.com/738368274

## Get in touch

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddbwilson/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/daviddbwilson

## What I Am Looking For

I am looking for a new challenge. Somewhere to be hands-on shaping product and design at a company building something ambitious with AI. Could be a new product, a 0-to-1 initiative, or a team that needs someone who can do both.