My north star has always been to live a life of purpose.

I grew up in rural suburbia, driving past red, white, and blue flags hanging from every porch in the wake of 9/11. I traded childhood dreams of becoming a video game designer for real adventure — serving in the U.S. military, where I spent my early adulthood leading some of the greatest and humblest professionals on the planet.

Two decades later, I found myself in the glitz of Palo Alto, sprinting up the Dish between Stanford classes, surrounded by technologies I hadn't known existed. I met extraordinary people — not better than those I'd served with, but empowered by access to cutting-edge tools, capital, and talent. They shared a common vision: let's change the world.

It made me wonder — why was innovation so concentrated here? The answer was clear: access. Access to talent. Access to capital. Access to opportunity. The big-company flywheel — big money attracts big talent, which attracts bigger ideas — had created an innovation monopoly. But good ideas are evenly distributed; opportunity is not.

That realization became the north star of Turbo.

What if we could unlock access to the scarce resource that truly drives innovation? It's not just code generation. It's elite teammates — the engineers, designers, and product thinkers who build with architecture in mind, iterate with you on the roadmap, and solve problems as thought partners.

I've been fortunate to meet my extraordinary co-founders and teammates who share that mission: to democratize access to world-class product talent and empower builders everywhere.

Today, Turbo supports teams across the tech ecosystem — founders, startups, and enterprises — who once struggled to find top-tier talent that was both available and affordable. Now, that's no longer the case.