# William Keenan

**Founder & engineer · K&E Studios** · @kestudios

> Founder-engineer who ships full agentic operating systems and live AI products end-to-end — not slides, not wrappers.

## Status

**Open to exceptional conversations**

Selectively open to transformative roles and partnerships — founding engineer, staff+/principal product engineering, AI platform leadership, technical founder-in-residence, or strategic product builds where ownership and shipping speed matter. Principals only; no spray-and-pray recruiters.

### Looking for
- Founding engineer / founding product engineer at ambitious AI or systems companies
- Staff / Principal / Distinguished IC with real ownership of agentic or platform systems
- Technical founder-in-residence or studio-within-a-studio arrangements
- Strategic product engineering leadership (build + ship, not pure people-manager theater)
- Select partnerships where KE Dev OS / K&E Studios compound with a serious platform

### Not a fit
- Generic CRUD contractor gigs
- Anonymous agency bench roles
- Slide-first strategy without a product to ship
- Roles that ban side products without extraordinary equity + upside

### Comp

Compensation should match transformative impact. Serious packages only — including roles where sign-on, equity, and ownership are structured for outliers. If your band is mid-market, this is probably not the fit.

## Contact

- **Email:** [william@kestudios.dev](mailto:william@kestudios.dev?subject=Principals%20%C2%B7%20%5BCompany%5D%20%C2%B7%20role%20%2F%20opportunity%20for%20William%20Keenan&body=Hi%20William%2C%0A%0ACompany%3A%0ARole%20%2F%20opportunity%3A%0AWhy%20you%20(1%E2%80%933%20sentences)%3A%0AComp%20band%20%2F%20equity%20(optional)%3A%0AAsk%20%2F%20next%20step%3A%0A%0A%E2%80%94)
- **Card:** https://kestudios.dev/card
- **Profile:** https://kestudios.dev/william-keenan
- **vCard:** https://kestudios.dev/api/card/vcard
- **Location:** New York, New York, United States
- **How:** Email william@kestudios.dev with: who you are, the company, the problem, why me, and a concrete next step. Subject lines that name the company + role get read first.

## Links

- Studio: https://kestudios.dev
- Flagship: https://kestudios.dev/os
- App: https://app.kestudios.dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/willykeenan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-keenan-62378723a
- Instagram: @willy.keenan

Coded and developed by William Keenan · K&E Studios LLC