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Ted Mao

Ted Mao

Company Builder, Operator, Investor, and Engineering Leader

Mill Valley, California, United States
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Joined August 2026
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Ted Mao is an experienced builder, operator, and investor with over two decades of experience in the tech industry, having successfully launched products and led high-performing engineering teams through challenging situations at major companies like Google and Square, as well as startups like Bond and Glade.ai. thegp
He possesses a strong blend of practical and principled engineering leadership, effectively balancing fast, decisive decision-making with strategic, forward-looking planning. He prioritizes clear ownership and accountability to drive rapid execution and ensures technology projects are deeply tied to business outcomes and customer success. thegp
Ted has a particular interest and expertise in fintech, having led payments engineering at Square, served as VP Engineering/CTO at Bond (a banking-as-a-service platform), and advised Finix. He frequently shares insights on the evolution of fintech, highlighting the displacement of legacy services by modern solutions and the role of AI/ML in fraud detection. thegp+3
Currently, Ted is focused on AI, serving as Interim CTO at Glade.ai and Founder in Residence for Gumnut AI at The General Partnership. His work in AI includes developing personal projects like Gumnut, a photo intelligence platform enabling agentic workflows around photos, and contributing to discussions on how AI will impact technology development and enterprise. glade+4

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How AI will (and won't) change how technology gets built in 2024: A steady fintech drumbeat and long crypto winter

January 1, 2024

An article published by The General Partnership, outlining predictions for fintech and crypto in 2024, emphasizing advances in fintech, the regulatory environment, AI/ML fraud detection, and the sustained crypto winter. It also discusses AI's role in developer tooling.

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Gumnut + MCP = Agentic Photos

An article detailing the Gumnut project, a photo intelligence platform, and how it enables agentic workflows around photos using AI.

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