Austin is a second time founder with an exit to Apple. He previous built Asaii, an artist discovery platform (signing Alina Baraz, Khalid, Alice Merton) that Apple acquired to kickstart their in-house record label & Apple Music for Artists. Most recently, he was a product director at TikTok looking after creator monetization bringing products like TikTok Shop, Taylor's Eras Tour, & Super Fans to market driving hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.