Ryan Janssen, CEO and Co-Founder of Zenlytic: $5.4 Million Raised for AI-Assisted Business Intelligence to Drive Better Decisions

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ryan Janssen, CEO and Co-Founder of Zenlytic, a business intelligence tool for commerce brands that's raised $5.4 Million in funding, about why siloed data can obscure all kinds of critical business insights, and how automation with a human touch can help everyone get a better idea of what’s going on. With an easy-to-access portal for deep diving into a company’s data, assisted by Zoe the natural language interface, Zenlytic promises enterprise-grade business intelligence and insights you can really trust.

We also speak about why Ryan considers himself a true nerd, his career moving back and forth between the engineering and venture investment space, having a front-row seat for the development of today’s large language models, why Zenlytic decided to target primarily commerce-oriented companies, and why getting their product in front of people as quickly as possible is the core of their sales strategy. 

Topics Discussed:

• Ryan’s background between software engineering and the venture capital space, and why he considers himself a true ‘nerd’


• Studying at ‘AI school,’ and having a front-row seat for the development of today’s iconic large language models


• Why data is only as good as the tools you have to make sense of it, and the Zenlytic value proposition as a business intelligence platform


• Zenlytics AI-powered data analyst and the advantage of having a fully accessible business intelligence system available 24/7


• Why getting their product in front of people with a demo is Zenlytic’s preferred sales strategy, and how they make it happen

Favorite book: 

The Lean Startup