Annie Ta
Head of Founder Ecosystem
If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Shirley Chisholm
If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Shirley Chisholm
Annie was raised in Southern California by two refugee parents. She earned her B.S. in Human Biology from Stanford University and found herself unexpectedly swept up by tech amid the 2008 recession.
Annie began her career at Facebook, where she led communications for business products through the company’s IPO. She later became the product lead for Professional Project Experience at Thumbtack and then spent nearly a decade at Pinterest. There, she held multiple product management roles and ultimately became Head of Inclusive Product, leading teams that developed computer vision AI, recommendation systems, and UX experiences.
Annie was last a consultant at Penknife Collective and lives in the East Bay with her husband, two kids, and their sheepadoodle, Pepperoni.
What is your most used emoji?
😆🫠🤦🏻♀️
What’s your favorite book?
Classic: Pride and Prejudice
Modern: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Will read over and over: the entire Harry Potter series
What career path did you want to pursue when you were a kid?
I wanted to be a doctor or a Supreme Court Justice.
What are your favorite sports teams?
My favorite team of all time happens to also be the greatest sports franchise of all time: the Los Angeles Lakers.
Otherwise, I always root for my alma mater (Go Stanford Cardinal!) and the 49ers.
What are your hobbies outside of work?
Food is central to everything I do: I love to cook, bake, and explore new restaurants.
Before I had kids, I loved to travel as much as possible and spent a year on sabbatical traveling/eating my way around the world.
Now that I have kids, I like to nap whenever I can.
Previous Experience
- Advisor/Consultant @ Penknife Collective
- Head of Inclusive Product @ Pinterest
- Product Manager @ Thumbtack
- Corporate Comms @ Facebook