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Grocalo

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Grocalo (S26) is an AI brain that runs content for creators. We understand their audiences, using video understanding and deep platform analytics to bottle up the taste behind each creator and personalize and distribute content to creator specific audiences.

Grocalo generated 2B views and gained 4M followers for our creators in the last 2 months. Some of our clients include Jimmy O. Yang (Comedian, 11M followers), King Bach (72M followers), Leenda Dong (28M followers), Steven He (30M followers), Sheena Melwani (18M followers), and Jeannie Mai (TV host, 6M followers).

Content should be personalized and data-driven. We’ve developed the most advanced AI brain replicating viral content for any given audience.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

David Hwang

Founder/CEO

Founder at Grocalo. Spent 5+ years in Investment Banking covering Enterprise Software and Internet & Digital Media and the last 4 years working with my partner to grow her content end-to-end, including generating 10B views and gaining 5M followers. BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Alex Yee

Founder/CTO

Founder, Grocalo. 2x YC founder, built & sold onederful (W18). Founding engineer at Lyra Health ($5B+). Principal Engineer at Theranova (patents: Osteoboost, Centese, Accuryn). MS BioE, Stanford; BS, UCSD.

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

Founded 2026 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedLos Angeles, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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