About me
Mari Soonsoo Bae is the founder & CEO of Ara Platforms, an AI-powered insight workspace for data teams. She brings 14 years of experience in product development and business strategy, including leading global planning for four Google Pixel programs totaling over $10B. Her work aligned cross-functional teams across North America, Europe, and Asia to launch products at scale.
She is now building Ara to fix a problem she experienced firsthand. Analysts lose up to 50% of their time to repetitive work while insights get scattered across tools. Ara centralizes analytical work into an insight-driven workspace where teams can create, share, and reuse insights faster. As a non-technical founder who has built and shipped product using AI, Mari brings a practical lens to how teams actually work with data. She is also a speaker and board member at AI Ready RVA, contributing to conversations on the future of data and AI.
