Jeff Haynie

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Founder and CEO at Agentuity

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Jeff Haynie is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and the current Founder and CEO of Agentuity, an AI agent infrastructure company. A serial founder of companies like Pinpoint and Appcelerator, he has raised over $100M in venture capital. People often describe him as innovative, talented, and a leader with a strong focus on building value-based companies.

Originally from Atlanta, Jeff is now based in Austin, Texas. He is a U. S. Navy veteran who worked in electronic warfare before beginning his entrepreneurial career. He is a value-driven leader who believes in mentorship and has been involved with programs like Teens in Tech to support young entrepreneurs.

Jeff started programming at age 12 and founded his first company, which sold gaming software, at 14.

Personality Overview

People-Oriented

Pragmatic

Self-Assured

They will bat for you if they come to believe in you.  A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them. They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation.

Topics They Care About

AI Agents
His current company, Agentuity, is building an infrastructure platform for AI agents. He recently led a panel on AI Agents with leaders from Microsoft, AWS, and Databricks.
Venture Fundraising
As a multi-time founder, he has successfully raised significant capital from top-tier VCs like Bessemer, Storm Ventures, and Boldstart for his companies, including a recent $4M seed round.
Engineering Performance
His previous company, Pinpoint, was created to help companies leverage analytics and machine learning to improve software development performance and communicate engineering's value to the business.

Media Appearances

Jeff has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Founder and CEO at Agentuity
5-2022 - 12-2024
Chief Technology Officer at Shopmonkey
6-2017 - 5-2022
Co-Founder and CEO at Pinpoint
1-2016 - 9-2016
Executive Vice President at Axway
7-2006 - 1-2016
Co-Founder and CEO at Appcelerator, Inc.

Education

1992 - 1993
Education details unavailable from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Exp : 18 Location : Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founder and CEO at Agentuity
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Insights For Selling To Jeff

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk about some of the cool and impressive features of your product
  • Appeal to their sense of self-worth and how they will impact their organization
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about
  • Don’t make promises that are hard to keep
  • Don’t rely too much on what they promise, make your own deductions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jeff is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jeff

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jeff move?

  • They can make decisions quickly if they develop trust in you and conviction in the product.
  • Can Jeff take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Jeff

Personality Compatibility


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