Max Child

Max Child, Co-Founder & CEO of Volley

Max Child is the Co-Founder and CEO of Volley, a leading developer of voice AI games for smart speaker platforms like Amazon Alexa, smartphones, and connected TVs.123 He co-founded the company in 2016 with James Wilsterman, his college roommate at Harvard.2

Prior to Volley, Max worked as a writer and iOS App Developer at The Infatuation from 2013 to 2017.14 He was also an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group from 2010 to 2012.14

Max has an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and is a dropout from Stanford Graduate School of Business.14 He attended Polytechnic School as well.4

Under Max's leadership, Volley has become the highest-grossing AI-powered gaming startup.3 The company recently raised $55 million in Series C funding co-led by Microsoft's M12 Ventures and the Amazon Alexa Fund.3

Max believes voice control will become ubiquitous across all computing devices in the next 5-10 years.5 He sees Volley becoming the "homepage for voice control games" across various devices.5 Max has also co-hosted the Cerebral Valley AI Summit.67