Jimmy Carter
Founder at Daemo AI
Yale Mechanical Engineer building the visual command center for agentic AI at work. Most professionals are still stuck in chatbot windows. Building the abstraction layer that lets non-technical operators see, configure, and control AI agents — the same way GUIs unlocked computing for everyone who couldn’t use a CLI.
$0 to $124K ARR in 90 days. Backed by Dorm Room Fund, Zeal VC, Pear VC, and SaaS Ventures.
Based in San Francisco.
Previously: AI systems engineering and award-winning filmmaking.
Work Experience
Co-Founder at Daemo
2025 – Present
Writer, Director, Producer & VFX at Carter/Retrac Film
2020 – 2024
Global Banking & Markets Analyst at Goldman Sachs
2023
Full-stack Developer at Sweetgum.xyz (Acquired)
2022
Peer Tutor & Research Assistant at Yale University
Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering
2022 – 2024
Education
Yale University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Harvard Business School (Online)
Financial Accounting
Geneva, Switzerland
High School — Biochemistry Track, Graduated with Honors
Awards
Susan J. Smith Arts Prize
May 2025Yale University
Awarded to members of the senior class for outstanding contribution in the arts.
20+ Film Festival Awards & Selections
Films: The Other Me · Don’t Tell Father · Endurance
Including a Canadian Academy qualifier (Toronto TINFF), Dublin Movie Awards, American Movie Awards, and festivals in Berlin, Hamburg, Brooklyn, Detroit, Hollywood, and more.
View allAdvisory Roles
Appointed Advisory Board Member
AI & Entrepreneurship Advisor — Pompea College of Business
Recruited to serve on the Advisory Board for the Transformative Leadership Program, bringing AI and startup expertise to an AACSB-accredited curriculum. The board is invitation-only and includes executives and founders from a range of industries.
Press & Media
“Jimmy Carter’s big dreams stretch from cinema to Silicon Valley, via Yale”
Yale News
Featured profile ahead of Yale Commencement — spotlighting the journey from filmmaking to founding Daemo AI.
The MongoDB Podcast — Episode 267
MongoDB
Hour-long featured episode on building full-stack AI with Daemo, MongoDB, Deno, and Next.js — covering architecture, a live SDK demo, and the future of developer tooling.
Judging & Evaluation
The Future of Agentic AI in Healthcare
Official Judge @ Abridge x Anthropic x Lightspeed Hackathon — SHACK15, SF
In-person first-round judge for a healthcare AI hackathon at SHACK15, San Francisco. Participants built agentic systems for clinical and operational workflows—from clinical trial matching to prior authorization—with access to Abridge resources and clinician feedback. Hosted by Abridge, Anthropic, and Lightspeed.
InsForge Agentic Dev Tools Hackathon
Official Judge @ InsForge Hackathon — Entrepreneur First, SF
In-person judge for an agentic developer tools hackathon at Entrepreneur First, San Francisco. Participants built with coding agents, autonomous workflows, and AI-native engineering systems. Sponsored by InsForge, Replicas, Vercel, Cognition, and Entrepreneur First.
In-person judge for Yale’s 12th annual hackathon — open to students and non-students from all schools worldwide. 600+ builders, $52,400+ prize pool. Evaluated projects across tracks including Personal AI Agents and Hardware. Backed by Snapchat, Solana, and Red Bull.
Cactus x Google DeepMind Hackathon
Official Judge @ Cactus x DeepMind Hackathon — SF & London
Judge across both the San Francisco and London tracks, evaluating advanced AI mobile applications. Reviewed submitted projects and live demos, provided feedback, and participated in final deliberations to select winners.
The IDE Reimagined: JetBrains Codex Hackathon
Official Judge @ JetBrains Codex Hackathon — Shack15, SF
In-person judge for a two-day hackathon at Shack15, San Francisco. 350+ builders, $3,000 per winning team. Evaluated live demos alongside judges from JetBrains, OpenAI, and the local developer ecosystem. Sponsored by Vercel, Supabase, Clerk, Authzed, Nebius, and BKey.
Invited as a reviewer for Yale’s premier startup competition featuring over $230,000 in prizes and 100+ applications.
YES High School Fellowship Pitch Competition
Official Judge @ YES Pitch Competition
Selected as a judge for the YES High School Fellowship Pitch Competition — open to high school students from across the country. Evaluated pitches on idea strength and presentation quality, asked follow-up questions, and provided written feedback to participants.