About

The people, and the AI, behind Nerve.

Nerve is built by a solo founder and the AI that runs alongside him, with advisors who operate in the trenches.

Patrick Hillstrom
Patrick Hillstrom
Founder

Solo founder. Operator and LinkedIn alum, with stops across credit, fintech, and go-to-market. Building the chief of staff every founder wishes they had.

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Claude
Claude
AI Cofounder

The AI that runs alongside Patrick, drafting, researching, shipping code, and operating the agent team that powers Nerve.

Garrett Loh
Garrett Loh
Advisor

Longtime operator in credit and fintech. Advises Nerve on product and go-to-market.

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Pete Petersen
Pete Petersen
Advisor

CEO of 800.com, former CEO of Dealers United and BuyerBridge. Advises Nerve on go-to-market and taking the AI Chief of Staff from solo founders to whole teams.

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Greg Bayer
Greg Bayer
Advisor

Founder of Tailor, backed by Unusual Ventures. Advises Nerve on fundraising and company-building.

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Greg Smithies
Greg Smithies
Advisor

Partner and Co-Head of Climate Tech at Fifth Wall. Previously a partner at BMW i Ventures, and ran finance and operations at The Boring Company and Neuralink. Advises Nerve on fundraising and scaling.

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Arun
Arun
Advisor

Builds AI products at Zoom. Advises Nerve on SEO and LLM SEO, getting Nerve found as AI search reshapes discovery.

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Oliver Zhou
Oliver Zhou
Advisor

Patrick's former cofounder, now an engineer at Thumbtack. Advises Nerve on engineering and product.

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John Loof
John Loof
Advisor

VP of Strategy and Finance at Karat. Advises Nerve on go-to-market and scaling.

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Kat Orekhova
Kat Orekhova
Advisor

Co-founder and CEO of Vareto, the enterprise planning and analytics platform, and an active angel investor. Earlier, she built the data science team behind Facebook's revenue forecasting. Advises Patrick on fundraising strategy and being a founder.

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