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Meet the team

We're frustrated by the cost and difficulty of getting chemical contaminant data for food. So we built a way to get it, together.

It's a small team and a big idea.

Founders

A chemist and an engineer
Kendra Kuhl

Kendra Kuhl

Co-Founder, CEO

Stanford Chemistry PhD. Saw billions flowing into clean food claims with almost no public data behind them. Previously co-founded Twelve as CTO to make sustainable aviation fuel.

Training
PhD, Chemistry · Stanford
Before Canopy
Co-founder & CTO, Twelve
At Canopy
Science, labs, methodology
Why Canopy

Saw billions flowing into clean food claims with almost no public data behind them, and wanted a way to test what people actually eat without waiting for a lab budget.

Kaitlyn Hova

Kaitlyn Hova

Co-Founder, CTO

Former Engineering & AI leader at JPMorganChase and Hova Labs Co-founder. Joined Canopy to put lab-grade data into consumers' hands. Owns the Engineering, platform, data infrastructure, consumer tools, and automation.

Background
Engineering & AI leadership
Before Canopy
JPMorganChase · Hova Labs
At Canopy
Platform, data, consumer tools
Why Canopy

Joined Canopy to put lab-grade data into consumers' hands — building the platform that turns a shared pledge into a public result.

Work with us

Two founders, a growing number of backers.

Every funded test adds a public result nobody had before. The fastest way to join the team is to back one.

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