# John Hayes: person

Canonical ID: `8b20d70a-18cd-44fe-b326-3122df917199`

Co-founder and CEO of Ghost Autonomy (founded 2017), an autonomous driving software company for consumer vehicles. Previously co-founded Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG, IPO 2015) and held roles at Yahoo. Backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and the OpenAI Startup Fund.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Ghost Autonomy](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ghost-autonomy.md) Co-founder & CEO since 2017-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Ghost Autonomy](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ghost-autonomy.md) founded 2017-01-01 (cofounder)

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-hayes-2
2. https://medium.com/authority-magazine/vehicles-of-the-future-john-hayes-of-ghost-autonomy-on-the-leading-edge-technologies-that-are-57bad9c33cc4


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