Josh Hipps

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Founder & CEO at MagnetarAI

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Josh is the Founder and CEO of MagnetarAI, a company focused on creating offline-first, private AI. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and a USAF veteran, he has prior product management experience at major firms including Amazon and Citi. He is focused on building trustworthy, resilient technology.

Outside of his entrepreneurial ventures, Josh is a dedicated endurance athlete who has competed in numerous triathlons, marathons, and ultra-marathons, and also pursues CrossFit. His personal life is built on a foundation of faith, discipline, and compassion, values he integrates into his professional work.

He is building MagnetarAIs technology to function during cosmic-scale disruptions like solar storms, ensuring critical systems remain online when cloud infrastructure fails.

Personality Overview

Thoughtful In Approach

Procedural

Slow To Decisions

They maintain good relationships with everyone, internally and externally.  They usually go by the book, following all rules and procedures. They are unlikely to become strong champions as they don't prefer pushing other people.

Topics They Care About

Offline & Private AI
He founded MagnetarAI to build an AI platform that runs entirely on-device, championing an offline-first and private-by-design approach to technology.
Anti-hallucination Tech
He is developing a patent-pending data engine specifically designed to combat AI hallucinations and deliver trustworthy insights from user data.
Resilient Infrastructure
He advocates for local-first AI that can withstand major disruptions like solar storms or cloud outages, ensuring technology remains available when it's needed most.

Media Appearances

Josh has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2025
Founder & CEO at MagnetarAI
12-2024
Product Manager II at Amazon
9-2024 - 11-2024
Product Specialist at Apple
1-2022 - 6-2024
Product Manager at Citi
5-2018 - 4-2022
Logistics Readiness Officer at United States Air Force

Education

6-2014 - 5-2018
Bachelor of Science - BS from United States Air Force Academy

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Insights For Selling To Josh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk about refund and cancellation policy if the need arises
  • Use phrases like ‘others say that’, ‘zero risk in’, ‘seen proof of’ etc.
  • If possible, connect them to existing customers

DONT's

  • Don’t use phrases like ‘there might be’, ‘we haven’t yet’, ‘latest technology’ etc.
  • Avoid saying anything that sounds like a risky proposition
  • Don’t keep pushing them for a straight answer, just make your own conclusions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Josh is

  • Low risk, approval of other stakeholders and successful process-based evaluation are most important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Josh

  • They don’t say no very often, and can take you around in circles sometimes.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Josh move?

  • They do not like to rush, so they could be slow in making decisions.
  • Can Josh take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take decisions that others support.

You And Josh

Personality Compatibility


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