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Daniel Kan is Founder at Fifth Door.
Daniel Kan co-founded Fifth Door and has also been involved with Cruise, Exec.
Daniel Kan is the Founder of Fifth Door and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He previously served as Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Cruise, an autonomous vehicle company he launched alongside Kyle Vogt that was acquired by General Motors in 2016 for over $1 billion. During his tenure, the artificial intelligence and transportation startup scaled significantly, eventually reaching a valuation exceeding $30 billion before his departure in November 2023. Prior to Cruise, Kan co-founded the on-demand service platform Exec, a Y Combinator-backed venture that was successfully acquired by Handy in 2014. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology from Claremont McKenna College. His current professional focus centers on building and scaling venture-backed consumer technology and artificial intelligence startups from early inception through major corporate acquisitions.
