Polaris is unlocking organic creator content as a scalable marketing channel for brands. We're bringing data-driven structure to a space that's run on vibes for too long.
Two founders, one mission: make creator partnerships as fast as the content itself.
Influencer with 700K+ following. 50+ brand deals run personally - the data behind our matching agents. Prev-CTO, Möbius (SkyDeck B20). DS @ UC Berkeley. Founder of UX Engineering @ Berkeley. Fellow @ Berkeley Venture Capital.
Before Polaris, Michael was an early ML engineer at Moloco, where he led conversion-prediction modeling for E-commerce Marketplace ads (ie. MUSINSA, W Concept, Wayfair, Costco). Responsible for building custom transformer models optimizing for CVR & CTR prediction for paid ads, directly driving $60M+ annualized lift in ad spend, with model improvements contributing $500M+ in aggregate marketplace GMV across all clients.