Max Child

Max Child is a technology executive and serial entrepreneur based in Seattle, Washington, who previously served as the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Volley. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and began his early career developing voice services and conversational interfaces as a developer at Amazon. In 2016, Child co-founded Volley to build interactive voice entertainment and games for smart home devices, scaling the platform to reach millions of active users through various Amazon Alexa skills. Under his leadership, the startup secured over $50 million in venture funding from prominent institutional investors, including the Amazon Alexa Fund, before being acquired by Valnet in September 2022. His professional background centers on leveraging artificial intelligence to create engaging consumer applications across emerging smart home and hardware ecosystems.