David Paffenholz

David Paffenholz is the Co-founder and CEO of Juicebox, an AI-powered talent sourcing platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2022 as a Y Combinator startup, the company has rapidly scaled to $10 million in annual recurring revenue and secured $30 million in venture funding from Sequoia Capital. Under his executive leadership, Juicebox currently serves over 2,500 organizations, providing advanced natural language search capabilities to enterprise clients including Ramp, Perplexity, and Quora. Prior to launching his current venture, Paffenholz worked in consumer technology growth strategy at Snap Inc. and gained early professional experience at Moonfare and New Enterprise Associates. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University. His current professional focus centers on leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline enterprise recruiting workflows and source qualified candidates for highly specialized technical roles.