Trace
Winter 2025 · Active
Voice AI Customer Support for Financial Services
Location: San Francisco, US
Founded: 2024
Team size: 3
About
Founders
Saner CakirFounder & CEO
Saner (CEO @ Trace) has a remarkable track record of building reliable AI solutions for high-stakes applications. While studying Electrical Engineering and CS at UC Berkeley, he contributed to multiple publications in robot learning and computer vision at BAIR Lab. Before Trace, Saner co-built an AI copilot for surgeons that helped save lives during cardiothoracic surgeries at UCSF.
Kayla LeeFounder & COO
Kayla (COO @ Trace) did her bachelor’s and master’s in CS at UC Berkeley, where she led groundbreaking NLP research under Professor Dan Klein. Before Trace, Kayla co-built an AI copilot for surgeons that helped save lives during cardiothoracic surgeries at UCSF. Kayla was also a national-level athlete in fencing and lacrosse — her unwavering perseverance and laser focus have become core values of Trace.