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Steve Rodda
CEO, Retrocausal
Company

Based in
Seattle, WA
Stage
Seed
Type
Founder
Steve Rodda is CEO of Retrocausal, a Seattle company that builds computer vision and AI copilots guiding and improving manual assembly work on manufacturing lines. He became CEO in January 2026, succeeding co-founder Zeeshan Zia, who moved into the President role. Rodda has more than 20 years of enterprise software experience and has led four companies through acquisitions, including Stoplight, where he scaled annual recurring revenue from $1.7 million to $7 million, and Ambassador Labs, later folded into Gravitee. He earlier held senior roles at SolarWinds, Cherwell Software and LOGICnow.
Company

Retrocausal
Retrocausal builds computer vision and AI copilots that give real time guidance, quality checks and ergonomic analysis to manual assembly workers.
Founded
2019
Raised
$8.7M+
Stage
Seed
HQ
Seattle, WA
Investors
GV
Glasswing Ventures
OWV
One Way Ventures
IV
Indicator Ventures
AV
Argon Ventures
DV
Differential Ventures
HV
Hypertherm Ventures
SVP
Stage Venture Partners
T
Techstars
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