Michael Ellison — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder & CEO of CodePath.org, building the AI-native generation of engineers at 1,000+ colleges.
Founded CodePath.org and was on the founding team of Classmetric, which became Segment and was acquired for over $3B in 2020.
Partnered CodePath with Anthropic as its U.S. Economic Mobility Partner, providing frontier AI tools like Claude to students.
Serves as an Angel Investor.
Founding board member of Women Who Code.

Biography

Michael Ellison is the Founder and CEO of CodePath.org, an organization focused on building the AI-native generation of engineers. CodePath.org works with over 40,000 students across more than 1,000 colleges, aiming to define economic mobility through access to AI education. He founded CodePath to provide students, particularly those with less access to Silicon Valley's informal networks, with opportunities in tech.

CodePath.org has partnered with Anthropic as its U.S.