Claudio Fuentes
Claudio Fuentes is co-founder and COO of Comp AI and previously co-founded Leap AI.
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Key facts
Background
He made electronic music as Klaud and earned Miami Dade College’s music-composition associate degree.[1]
2016WeWork
He said his 2016 work at WeWorkWeWorkWeWork is a flexible workspace company founded in New York in 2010 by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey. It provides private offices, coworking space, meeting rooms and enterprise workplace services. After withdrawing its IPO plan in 2019, it went public through a BowX merger in 2021, entered Chapter 11 in 2023 and emerged from restructuring in June 2024, continuing as a private company.Open the full entry shaped his startup teams through its shared-office culture.[2]
2017–2026Career
Biography: AskNed co-founder (2017–2018); Pypestream AI Senior Product Manager (2019–2022); Noonshot co-founder (2022–2023); Elise AI Staff Software Engineer (2025, healthcare voice AI; left to co-found Comp AI); Runsy founder (2026, iPhone running coach).[1]
2023–2024Leap AI
In February 2023, he and Alex Schachne founded Leap AI after meeting at Founders Inc. Its tools connected generative models into automated workflows. In January 2024, the company disclosed a $1.4 million seed round.[3]
2025Comp AI
In 2025, he co-founded Comp AI with Lewis Carhart and Mariano Fuentes. The product emerged publicly in April. In August, the company announced $2.6 million in pre-seed financing, co-led by OSS Capital and Grand Ventures, for compliance automation.[4]
2025Office Policy
In October 2025 he required new hires in-office in New York five days weekly, citing creativity despite potentially lost candidates.[2]
2026Miami Headquarters
The company moved to South Florida in February 2026 and opened permanent Aventura headquarters that July. He told Refresh Miami that costs, business conditions and quality of life shaped the choice; expanded hiring remained a plan.[5]
September 2026Financing and Business
In September 2026, Comp AI announced a $34 million Series A. Its founders said Leap AI closed without a durable use case; compliance experience inspired the new venture. AI assists with policies and audit evidence, still requiring human approval and independent audits.[6]
Public Media
He participates in Vibe Scaling, a show documenting Comp AI’s development through its three co-founders.[7]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Comp AI: Official link: https://trycomp.ai/ (opens in a new window)[4]
Claudio Fuentes: Official website: https://www.claudfuen.com/ (opens in a new window)[1]
X: Public account: https://x.com/claud_fuen (opens in a new window)[8]
LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiofuen/ (opens in a new window)[9]
Klaud Music Channel: Music channel: https://www.youtube.com/@klaudmusic (opens in a new window)[10]
Vibe Scaling: Joint show channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Vibe.Scaling (opens in a new window)[7]
Sources
- Bio (opens in a new window)
- I Cofounded a Remote Startup, and Now I'll Only Hire in-Person Workers (opens in a new window)
- Leap AI wants to help businesses build and integrate AI workflows (opens in a new window)
- Comp AI secures $2.6M pre-seed to disrupt SOC 2 market (opens in a new window)
- AI compliance startup plants HQ in Miami area, plans to hire 20 to start (opens in a new window)
- Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance (opens in a new window)
- Vibe Scaling (opens in a new window)
- Claudio Fuentes (@claud_fuen) (opens in a new window)
- Claudio Fuentes (opens in a new window)
- klaudmusic (opens in a new window)