First Party Labs
A research lab building tools for coordination, quality of life, and AI infrastructure. Founded by Danielle Morrill and Jonathan Kressaty. Backed by Version One, Flybridge, Ritual Capital, and Volo Ventures.
Founders
Danielle Morrill
First employee at Twilio. YC S12 solo founder. Built Mattermark ($25M raised, acquired). Recruited by GitLab's CEO to build Meltano (spun out with GV backing), then led a 70-person marketing org from $25M to $150M ARR.
Jonathan Kressaty
Co-founder and CTO. Serial founder — Twimlbin (acquired by Twilio, 2015). Marketing technology consultant for GitHub, Wikimedia, and Frame.io. Engineer and product builder across telephony, data, and AI.
Projects
Groupthink
AI meeting coordination. Named agents join your meetings, take notes, and act on your behalf.
Dwellsmith
The operating system for domestic life. Making invisible household work visible.
StartupGraph
Open startup database. 5,000+ companies with funding, headcount, and technology data.
Cogniscape
Find friends through shared experiences. Books, activities, adventures — not bios.
GitHappy
A friendly git interface. Because git shouldn't make you cry.