Jack Jackson CEO and Founder | Recurse ML

Jack Jackson, founder and CEO of Recurse ML, joins the DexFactor Podcast to share what it takes to build a culture of ownership and world-class engineering from day one. Jack unpacks how early hires shape everything, why culture fit beats credentials in a startup, and the lessons he learned the hard way — including deleting production code four days into a new role. From designing systems that catch breaking changes to rethinking how machine learning teams ship faster, this episode is a candid look at what it really takes to build something that lasts.