Clara Gold

Operator and growth leader who scaled hyper-growth consumer products across emerging markets — Clara spent six years at Rappi leading growth and product teams across user and courier experiences, running highly data-driven acquisition and retention programs and launching market expansions across Latin America. medium+1

Founder building AI-first consumer social products — after founding an early AI avatar (Ava) and a dating product, Clara pivoted the business to Gigi, an AI professional networking product that uses calendar and connection signals to surface warm introductions and measurable social capital. gigi+1

Public, outspoken founder with a high-profile social presence — Clara is known for an unfiltered online voice and frequent posts about product, growth and AI; she has used her platform to recruit, fundraise and shape product narratives while courting both attention and controversy. nitter+1

Fundraising and U.S. expansion focus — Clara has raised institutional capital (investors reported include Sequoia, OpenAI, Khosla Ventures and Monashees) and publicly signalled a strategic move to San Francisco to hire engineering talent and scale the product in the U.S. businessinsider+1