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Before generative AI hit, he designed the world’s first AI governance, risk and compliance platform and helped take the company from seed to Series A.","roles":[{"title":"Founding head of design (VP of design)","organization":"Credo AI"}],"organizations":[{"name":"Credo AI","fullName":null,"url":"https://www.credo.ai/"}],"links":{"api":"https://kyleledbetter.com/api/v1/chapters/credo-ai","html":"https://kyleledbetter.com/agent#credo-ai","markdown":"https://kyleledbetter.com/story/credo-ai.md","home":"https://kyleledbetter.com/#chapter-head"}},{"id":"dreambase","number":6,"name":"Dreambase","title":"Co-Founder & CTO of AI-native analytics platform Dreambase","years":"2024","period":"Since 2024","place":"Austin, Texas","part":"Chest","oneLiner":"Your data team of agents.","summary":"Kyle Ledbetter is co-founder and CTO of Dreambase (“Your data team of agents.”), an agentic analytics platform partnered with and backed by Supabase. 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