Henry Williams

Digital media and networks: Henry has moved from youth political organizing into professional new‑media roles — he co‑founded the Gravel Institute (built to counter right‑wing online outlets) and has been producing and coordinating video and online content. This background underpins his move to a New Media / content production role at a16z. wikipedia+2

Product and go‑to‑market experience in early AI startups: Henry served as a founding product lead at Vapi (voice/AI agent infrastructure), doing product, GTM and enterprise motion during the company's early growth. growjo+1

Quantitative research & technical training: He completed a Math + CS degree at Columbia, did research at Columbia's EdLab, contributed to a published bioinformatics paper (ICIBM 2019 / BMC Bioinformatics) and provided research assistance at BIS — indicating strengths in data analysis, statistical thinking, and applied research. github+2

Organizing and community building: From running the Mike Gravel 2020 campaign as a teenager to co‑founding and running the Gravel Institute and taking leadership at Interact, Henry has repeatedly built communities and institutions (policy/media, fellowship programming, and founder/operator networks). nymag+1

Early hands‑on engineering and research: Multiple internships and public code (AppNexus, Birchbox, AppNexus software logistics; student research at Albert Einstein; public GitHub projects) show hands‑on software, research, and product implementation experience. github+1