Daniel Tebes

About

Founder & CEO of Rhizome AI, a fintech company revolutionizing credit infrastructure for agriculture. Former Lead Product Manager at Affirm and Granular, with expertise in AI, fintech, and product management across various industries.

Experience

• Founder & CEO · Rhizome AI2024-12-01 –

  Building the financial OS for productive land. Rhizome AI is a vertical AI and embedded fintech company creating credit infrastructure for agriculture. Starting with BNPL for farm inputs—AI-underwritten at the field level and funded through SPVs and short-term ABS. Turning farm productivity into investable credit. Pre-seed open. getrhizomeai.com

• VP of Product · Harness2023-04-01 – 2024-09-01

  Connecting Payments to Purpose, building infrastructure on payment network rails to enable configurable affinity cardholder experiences. Products used by non-profits, consumer brands, banks, credit unions, and global financial institutions, supported by Visa and Mastercard.

• Lead Product Manager · Affirm2021-09-01 – 2023-02-01

  Led teams managing consumer data, international expansion products, and identity and fraud systems. Executive-sponsored special projects generating over $900M in GMV and millions in margin contribution.

• Lead Product Manager · Granular2020-04-01 – 2021-08-01

  Managed product suite for Corteva Agriscience, Inc. Responsible for 0 to 1 product releases across 4 continents. Launched land-valuation product in a $2T market; increased legacy product engagement; oversaw productization of machine learning models.

• Lead Product Manager · Trace Genomics2019-01-01 – 2020-04-01

  Launched a digital platform contributing to $MM in ARR. Led digital product strategy supporting $22M in Series B fundraising. Scaled development team, managed budget, and developed digital financial model.

• Head of Product (side project) · Dough2018-08-01 – 2019-01-01

  Fintech startup and student loan management platform. Winner of the Detroit FinTech Challenge. Managed product roadmap, business strategy, and investor relations.

• Product Manager · Tend.ag2015-02-01 – 2019-01-01

  Led feature development for digital financial platform for small business owners. Worked closely with engineers, designers, data scientists, and executives. Supported international development teams and user research initiatives.

• Graduate Research Assistant · University of California, Davis2015-09-01 – 2016-02-01

  Conducted market analysis and literature review on future trends in information-based technology in agricultural markets.

• Field Research Technician · UC Santa Cruz2013-10-01 – 2014-11-01
• Apprentice · UC Santa Cruz2013-04-01 – 2013-10-01

Education

• University of California, DavisMasters of Science, International Agricultural Development
• Kenyon CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Studies
• University of California, Santa CruzCertificate in Ecological Horticulture and Sustainable Food Systems, Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture

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