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Jake Stolee

Co-founder, Mash

Artificial intelligence

Jake Stolee is a co-founder of Mash, the Toronto startup started in 2021. Mash first built a Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments platform for creators and developers, raising US$6 million in seed funding in 2022; its website now describes an AI relationship manager. The Mash team page lists Stolee as co-founder and member of technical staff.

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Is Jake Stolee a co-founder of Mash?

Yes. Mash's About page, checked on 2026-09-24, lists Stolee as "Co-Founder & Member of Technical Staff", alongside co-founders Jared Nusinoff, Mike Dedys and Autumn Lu.

What did Mash build first?

BetaKit reported on 2022-06-07 that Nusinoff founded Mash in 2021 and that the Toronto startup had raised seed funding for a Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments platform. The company's release the same day put the round at US$6 million, co-led by Castle Island Ventures and Whitecap Venture Partners.

What does Mash make now?

Mash's website, checked on 2026-09-24, describes the product as a personal relationship manager: an AI coworker that remembers contacts, preps users before meetings and surfaces opportunities in their network. It says the product is live with a small group of early adopters.

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