now
→
future
I'm still David Gaynor
but I'm working on a few things...
I've lived in
11 cities on 4 continents.
. I worked at Twitter through its IPO. I spent a lot of my 20's launching startups, including one which was acquired. Since 2025 I've been at Ahead Health
. These days I mostly vibe tools for my own life—slowly replacing every SaaS I use with something tailored to me. Want to know more? Ask David Bot!
I like to work with people
who care
.I enjoy progress, but
am ok with where I am.
I enjoy solving problems but also finding the
right problem
to solve.I aspire for
moderation
. Lagom. 过犹不及.I'd like to live in a city I love, and spend time regularly with a community who puts their focus and energy on many of the same things I do.
I want to work on challenging problems with a team that I depend on as much as they depend on me.
I'd like to create an awesome environment for those I work with.
I want to feel OK, even when things go backward.
I'm looking to solve problems that have an immediate impact on my own life
I want to keep finding moments of moderation every day.
Read my resumé
I started my career at Twitter, spent my 20's launching startups, and since 2025 I've been building at Ahead Health. These days I mostly vibe tools for my own life.
My work tends to be:
real-time
, iterative
, and business value driven
Building Businesses
Consulting
2020 - 2024
Early Stage Startup Advising
I help early stage businesses discover and deliver high value tech products.
Andela
2019 - 2020
Director of Product
Led a 16 person team building tech to measure and facilitate engineering services.
Classadoo
2017 - 2019
Founder, CEO
Tech powered Web Development classes accross the US, China and Pakistan. Acquired by Andela in 2018.
Launch
2015 - 2017
Founder, CEO
Entrepreneurship Summer camp and after school program, now run as Launch Studio across the SF bay area.
Building Software
Ahead
Ahead Health
2025 - Present
Software Engineer
Building health software with a small, tight-knit engineering team.
Hylite
2021 - 2024
Fractional CTO
Ran engineering for Hylite as they grew from $0 to their first 6 figure contract.
O p e n
Open
2020 - 2024
Advisor/Principal Engineer
Built a digital meditation studio for real time classes. Helped unlock $7M in funding.
Pre-vibing side projects:
Most of the code was written without the help of AI—including this site.
Yaya.press
Google Docs for language learners.
TheArcGame.com
Control the arc of history.
Curtaincall.me
Immersive theatre tool.
freedavid.co
This site.
Student, Teacher, Participant.
Full scholarship
. Designed and taught 7 courses. including Olin's first credited, student taught course. Graduated in 2013 with a degree in Engineering and Robotics, GPA of 3.74.