// PERSON
Harper Reed
ROLE TECH ENTREPRENEUR AND DEVELOPERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN AUGUST 10, 2026
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Harper Reed is a technology entrepreneur and engineer based in Chicago, currently serving as CEO of 2389 Research, a company focused on AI agents and their applications in commerce. He is best known as the former CTO of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, where he brought startup-style engineering to national politics, and as a pioneer of large-scale crowdsourcing at Threadless. He also co-founded the mobile-commerce startup Modest, which was acquired by PayPal, and subsequently led engineering efforts there.
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mention·Dialectic·AUGUST 10, 2026
“Harper Reed has an amazing AI builder group. It's a really an honor to be a part of it.”
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