The people building Chirply.

Chirply is built in the open by the founder and backed by its founding members — the people who locked in early and are along for the whole ride. They're listed in the order they joined.

Founder · building it

Jon Vaughn

Founder · lead engineer, leading the AI team of engineers

Factory-floor dropout turned enterprise software engineer and CTO. Co-founded Tier5 and Vaughn Labs. Jon drives every decision on Chirply and leads the team of AI engineers building it — in public, in real time.

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The founding members

4 founders and counting. Founders choose whether to appear publicly; private members keep their spot as an anonymous founder.