Mary Shea

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About Mary Shea

I believe great conversations power modern work and that AI should extend them, not replace them. That belief led me to co-found Meerkat, the AI teammate built to add memory, momentum, and meaning to every important interaction.I specialize in AI go-to-market strategy and category creation, with a focus on how relationship intelligence and memory systems unlock growth in modern organizations. My work sits at the intersection of AI-native product design, growth leadership, and the future of work, especially in environments where speed, trust, and context determine outcomes.At Meerkat, we are defining a new category that combines relationship intelligence, real-time recall, and live AI guidance. Founders, distributed teams, and fast-moving communities use Meerkat to capture what matters, surface what comes next, and turn conversations into traction, whether they are pitching investors, aligning teams, or closing complex, relationship-driven deals.As co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, I lead strategic positioning, go-to-market execution, and investor engagement. Across roles as an operator, analyst, and CEO, I have seen one pattern repeat. Growth accelerates when memory becomes infrastructure. Teams do not stall because of lack of talent or ambition. They stall when context, decisions, and relationships decay faster than systems can preserve them.Before Meerkat, I advised many of the world’s most innovative technology companies as a Forrester analyst, held go-to-market leadership roles at Outreach, and served as co-CEO of Mediafly, where I led a turnaround and raised $80 million in growth capital. These experiences shaped how I think about scaling revenue, building trust, and creating new categories in founder-led, high-growth environments.On LinkedIn, I write about AI go-to-market strategy, category design, relationship intelligence, and the future of work, sharing patterns, frameworks, and lessons from building and scaling AI-native companies.If you are building in AI, creating a new category, or rethinking how growth happens in a relationship-driven world, let’s connect.