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Lore

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Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Transform your iMessage conversations into shareable stories

Founded by a team of ex-Google Photos and AI engineers, we’re bringing the same “turn personal data into something you actually come back to” loop to relationships

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously shippd.ai, Passage, Spongecake

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Terrell Marshall

Founder/CEO

Terrell Marshall is the co-founder and CEO of Lore. Before Lore, Terrell worked on AI products with over 1 billion users at Google, like Google Photos, Google Payments, and Hotels Search, and as a software engineer at Workday. Before that, Terrell studied computer science where he met his co-founder Aditya Nadkarni and created a patent for an AI Physical Therapy Platform

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Aditya Nadkarni

Founder/CTO

Aditya Nadkarni is the co-founder and CTO of Lore. Together with his co-founder, Terrell Marshall, they help users transform their iMessage conversations into shareable stories. Aditya spearheads the development of their platform, drawing from his experience at Flexport's AI and document processing team, and Artera, a start-up streamlining doctor-patient communication.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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