Keith Smith
About Keith Smith
Keith Smith is co-founder and CEO of Me4U, based in New York. Me4U builds authorized AI clones of creators and celebrities that talk with fans. GeekWire reported in 2023 that he founded it with Seattle tech veteran Andy Sack and that it had raised $750,000 from angel investors.
Before Me4U he co-founded and led Payability, a New York fintech that provides financial services to e-commerce sellers. ZoomInfo dates his time as Payability CEO to 2014 to 2023. It also lists him as co-founder and CEO of BigDoor from 2009 to 2014 and as founder of Zango and Northwest Micro Design. A Mixergy interview describes him as co-founder and CEO of BigDoor, which helps websites monetize traffic. It also covers an earlier company, ePipo, that he built to $78 million in sales before it closed. He has described himself as a six-time founder.
Crunchbase lists him as a board member of Code Fellows (2015) and Influence Mobile (2013). His profile also says he is a Techstars mentor. Crunchbase records one exit, GoChime, and counts four companies founded.
Crunchbase shows 1 investment, 1 portfolio company, 0 lead investments and 1 exit, with none by IPO. The portfolio company is not named in the sources we could access. Keith has not published a list of his angel investments, so founders should not assume a regular investing cadence.
We found no public record of Keith making AI investments as an angel. His AI work is operating work. He runs Me4U, which describes itself as delivering agentic AI to the creator economy, and he posts about AI and creators on LinkedIn. In a press release about Me4U Studio, he said the product opens AI clones to far more creators than the earlier manually built versions.
Keith has not publicly stated a stage focus, check size or geographic preference as an investor. His public writing centers on the intersection of AI and the creator economy, so founders in that area have the clearest overlap with his interests. His experience as a founder spans ad tech, loyalty and engagement software, fintech and consumer AI.
- crunchbase.com/person/keith-smith
- crunchbase.com/organization/me4u
- geekwire.com/2023/celebrity-clone-startup-led-by-veteran-entrepreneurs
- zoominfo.com/p/Keith-Smith/1749808893
- mixergy.com/interviews/keith-smith
- newswire.com/news/me4u-just-opened-the-floodgates-agentic-ai-for-all-c
- welivetobuild.com/listen/what-founding-5-companies-took-from-my-kids-t
- linkedin.com/posts/keithlsmith_after-6-startups-and-30-years-in-the-st
Investing activity
Keith Smith has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has seen 1 exit and founded 4 companies.
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Frequently asked questions about Keith Smith
Is Keith Smith an active angel investor?
Crunchbase lists one investment and one portfolio company for him. He is better known as a founder and CEO, and he has not published an investing thesis.
What is Keith Smith's check size?
No check size is public. We found no statement from him or reports of his typical investment amount.
What companies has Keith Smith founded?
Sources list Me4U, Payability and BigDoor as companies he co-founded. They also list Zango and Northwest Micro Design as companies he founded. Crunchbase counts four companies founded, and ePipo is covered in a Mixergy interview.
Does Keith Smith invest in AI startups?
He works in AI as CEO of Me4U and writes about AI and the creator economy. We found no public record of AI angel investments by him.
Where is Keith Smith based?
He is based in New York, New York. GeekWire notes his roots in Seattle.
How can founders reach Keith Smith?
He is active on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/keithlsmith and on X as @KeithLloydSmith. He writes there about AI and creators.
Is Keith Smith an angel investor?
Yes. Keith Smith invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 1 investment and 1 exit.