Jake Stauch
Co-founder and CEO of Serval.
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Key facts
2012NeuroSpire
At Duke’s DUhatch summer incubator, Stauch presented NeuroSpire, using neuromarketing to make consumer-preference research more affordable.[1]
Education
Duke identifies him with its class of 2015.[2]
2016NEURO+ and Mentoring
A contemporary Duke report identified him as NEURO+ founder and CEO and an entrepreneurship coach; he joined a Moogfest entrepreneurship panel in Durham.[3]
March 2024Verkada Role
His March 5 article identified him as Director of Product Management for the Alarms Business, discussing video verification and alarm response.[4]
2024Serval
He co-founded Serval with Alex McLeod, serving as CEO while McLeod became CTO.[5]
October 2025Series A
Duke reported a $47 million Series A led by Redpoint, bringing Serval’s total funding to $52 million.[2]
December 2025Sequoia Investment
Sequoia announced its investment in Serval’s Series B. It described how the founders’ work with IT buyers at Verkada led to natural-language-generated code workflows and an expansion into ticketing, access and asset management.[6]
July 2026Serval Start
Serval Start admitted 12 people for two years of customer projects and founder training.[5]
October 1, 2026Automation Engineers
In a signed essay, Stauch argued that easier AI automation increases the need for engineers who understand organizational processes, identify useful tasks and implement systems.[7]
October 13, 2026Journeys
Serval released Journeys to coordinate onboarding, departures and role changes across teams, combining automated tasks, human steps and approval dependencies.[8]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Serval: Official link: https://www.serval.com/ (opens in a new window)[5]
Verkada: Official link: https://www.verkada.com/ (opens in a new window)[4]
X: Public account: https://x.com/jakeserval (opens in a new window)[9]
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/jakestauch/ (opens in a new window)[10]
Sources
- Duke Students 'Hatch' Businesses at Summer Program (opens in a new window)
- Duke I&E Network in the News (opens in a new window)
- Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program Helps Launch Moogfest in Durham (opens in a new window)
- Why Your Alarm System Could Become Obsolete in 2024 (opens in a new window)
- Serval Launches Program to Transform Employees Into Future Founders (opens in a new window)
- Partnering with Serval: Empowering IT for AI Enterprise Automation (opens in a new window)
- The Rise of the Automation Engineer (opens in a new window)
- Journeys is now generally available (opens in a new window)
- Jake Stauch (@jakeserval) / X (opens in a new window)
- Jake Stauch | LinkedIn (opens in a new window)