Adam Meghji

Staircase Ventures Advisor and Former CTO and Co-Founder, Universe and Peggy.

Adam is a repeat founder, CTO and AI builder. He co-founded and was CTO of Universe (acquired by Ticketmaster), and Peggy, a contemporary art marketplace.

Adam is an AI enthusiast who embraces cutting-edge technology and loves to find ways to enhance a company’s performance with AI. He is a serial founder/CTO who now spends his time working with start-ups on product, engineering, and AI strategy to enable them to move faster and build with more leverage.

Adam has spent more than 30 years in technology, building and scaling companies through multiple waves of tech advancements. He co-founded Universe, which was acquired by Ticketmaster, and then worked there for five years as VP Technology. Adam later co-founded Peggy, a contemporary art marketplace. At Peggy, Adam built AI-driven patent-pending, digital fingerprint technology to track artwork in order to eliminate fraud and enable artists to receive royalties on every subsequent sale. Today, Adam spends his time working with the latest AI advancements and sharing his experience with start-up founders to help them accelerate their businesses.