Qloo

Founded in 2012 by Alex Elias and Jay Alger, we use AI to personalize recommendations and understand cultural preferences. We provide anonymized consumer taste data and recommendations. Our Taste AI predicts preferences across more than a dozen categories, including music, film, television, podcasts, dining, nightlife, fashion, consumer products, books, and travel. We make this intelligence available through an API.

We combine machine learning, neuroaesthetics research, and a large pipeline of taste data. Our technology uses neural networks and deep learning to detect patterns and create multi-dimensional taste vectors, while adhering to privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA. We operate a database with over 3.7 billion notable people, places, things, and interests, and more than 10 trillion anonymized consumer signals from transactions, locations, and interactions.

Our solutions help clients drive sales, optimize media buys, aid real estate decisions, and build brands. We offer personalized recommendations, audience intelligence, taste analysis, data licensing, LLM integration, and on-device AI. Our clients are in tech, entertainment, publishing, retail, travel, hospitality, and CPG. They include Netflix, Michelin, AXA, BP, JCDecaux, MetLife, Pepsico, UMG, Match Group, Live Nation, Accenture, Ticketmaster, FC Barcelona, Paramount, and Starbucks.

We are the parent company of TasteDive, a cultural recommendation engine and social community. We have raised over $75 million from institutional and individual investors.

Our mission is to understand and predict global tastes and preferences using AI, accurately and with respect for user privacy. We have five core values:

• Drive your own success: We encourage team members to take charge of projects with confidence and autonomy.
• Cultivate curiosity: We seek better solutions, explore ideas, ask “why,” and push boundaries.
• Adapt and overcome: We are flexible and resilient in problem-solving within a dynamic tech environment.
• Powered by diversity: We know that varied perspectives enhance creativity and help our products represent all backgrounds.
• Innovate together: We collaborate in brainstorming and tackling complex problems.

We are a team of 11-50 employees. We foster a workplace where creativity meets opportunity, and team members can pursue their passions. Our work environment is collaborative and low-ego; we value ideas and visible contributions. We promote a self-starter mentality, encourage curiosity, and value adaptability and resilience in problem-solving.

We embrace diverse perspectives to enhance creativity and build AI that represents various backgrounds. Collaboration is central to our success. We offer flexible work arrangements, including remote and hybrid options, and respect work-life balance. Our physical office in Soho, New York, is sun-lit and spacious, with standing desks. We foster a tight-knit community.

We offer a range of benefits and perks. We cover 100% of health insurance, with optional group dental and vision plans for a small fee. We support employees’ financial futures with a 4% 401K matching program.

We support work-life balance with paid time off, including 20 days of PTO and over 10 annual company holidays. New parents receive three months of paid parental leave for birth or adoption. We also offer stock options to all positions, so every team member has a stake in our success. Office perks include team lunches every Thursday and monthly outings.