Ethan Kinnan

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DISC Type : c

Head of Ecosystem at Lindy

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Ethan Kinnan is the Head of Ecosystem at Lindy, where he specializes in building AI agents, community, and partnerships. A graduate of the UW Foster School of Business, his background includes co-founding an AI-powered finance startup, demonstrating a strong foundation at the intersection of artificial intelligence and business development.

He has a keen interest in exploring the practical applications of generative AI, from creating infographics and comics from raw data to building functional voice agents. He often shares his learnings and experiments with different AI tools and prompting techniques with his online community.

Interesting fact: In high school, Ethan was a Washington state DECA champion for a financial operations research event.

Personality Overview

Cautious & Analytical

Price-Sensitive

Not Easily Convinced

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Topics They Care About

AI Agent Architecture
He focuses on building effective AI agents, specifically sharing detailed insights into the memory architectures required for them to learn and function properly.
Ecosystem Building
His primary role at Lindy involves growing the ecosystem through community engagement, strategic partnerships, and educational initiatives centered around AI agents.
AI in Finance
He co-founded Finquire, a startup dedicated to using AI for real-time financial news analysis, personal financial data interaction, and planning.

Media Appearances

Ethan has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2025
Head of Ecosystem at Lindy
3-2025 - 6-2025
Forward Deployed Engineer at Lindy
8-2024 - 3-2025
AI Automation Engineer at Allie K. Miller
9-2023 - 6-2024
Co-Founder & Head of Product at Finquire
6-2023 - 9-2023
Data Solutions Intern at Standard Metrics

Education

2020 - 2024
Bachelor's degree from UW Foster School of Business
2016 - 2020
High School Diploma + International Baccalaureate Certificate from Skyline High School

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Insights For Selling To Ethan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ethan is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ethan

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ethan move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Ethan take some risk or not?

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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