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Frank Thomas

Co-founder, Rubikloud

Retail AI

Frank Thomas is a co-founder of Rubikloud, the Toronto retail analytics and machine learning company started in 2013 with Kerry Liu and Dan Theirl. Contemporary reports describe Thomas as a computational expert the other two persuaded to join as co-founder and chief technology officer. Kinaxis bought Rubikloud for US$60 million in cash in 2020.

Frank hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Frank co-founded Rubikloud, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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How can a startup get big retailers to trust them?MaRS Discovery District
2015
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How a small Toronto startup attracted big global talentThe Globe and Mail
2014
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Rubikloud Raises $1 Million To Drive Conversion Rates With Big DataTechCrunch
2013

Quick answers

Did Frank Thomas co-found Rubikloud?

Yes. TechCrunch reported on November 18, 2013, when the company raised a $1 million seed round led by Horizons Ventures, that "Rubikloud was founded by Kerry Liu, Daniel Theirl, and Frank Thomas, three entrepreneurs in Toronto."

What was Thomas's role at Rubikloud?

The Globe and Mail wrote on February 7, 2014 that Liu and Theirl "talked computational expert Frank Thomas into co-founding the company with them" to handle the technical challenge. A MaRS article of December 10, 2015 says they convinced Thomas to join as co-founder and chief technology officer.

What happened to Rubikloud?

BetaKit reported on June 15, 2020 that Ottawa-based Kinaxis was acquiring Rubikloud for $81.4 million CAD (US$60 million), and Kinaxis announced on July 2, 2020 that the deal had closed.

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