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Swayable

New York, NY, USA30+ employees
Swayable predicts consumer opinion and the impact of content

Swayable predicts consumer opinion and the impact of content

YC W18

About the Company

Swayable measures how effectively media content changes minds. Our clients are dramatically increasing the impact of the stories they tell on the world's most important issues.

We are passionate about the power of data to have a positive social impact on advocacy and commerce and are serious about using it responsibly and ethically. We work with organizations and people we care about and our job is to help make them successful.

Swayable is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation and an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from anyone who shares our values and especially encourage women and members of underrepresented groups to apply.

Tech Stack

Our web apps are Vue.js and Node.js. We use MongoDB for our database. Calculations happen in a Python/Celery app and use numpy, scipy, and pandas. We host on Heroku.

Founders

James Slezak
James Slezak

James is Founder and CEO of Swayable. He was previously Executive Director of Digital Strategy for The New York Times. Before that, he was a founding partner at Purpose.com, a consultant at McKinsey, and co-founded Peers.org, working closely with the founders of Airbnb. Originally from Australia, James earned a PhD in experimental physics at Cornell, with discoveries published in Science, Nature, and PNAS, and also studied economics under World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu.

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