Peter Barbosa

I’ve built startups from nothing to acquisition. Now I’m doing it inside a telecom.

Release log

current2022 - Present

TELUS

Toronto, ON

Agentic AI inside one of Canada's largest telecoms. Five years of enabling our LBGUPS journey for Canadians, and now the part where the agents starts doing the work itself across the entire SDLC.

co-founder0→1seedFeb 2020 – Dec 2022

Opsware

Greater Toronto Area

An automated data-privacy platform built on LLM for data discovery and mapping. I validated our problem with industry leaders at FAANG companies before we wrote a line of code.

shippedNov 2018 – Feb 2020

TELUS

Toronto, ON

First tour. Learned how a company this size actually moves, which is the only reason the second tour worked.

acqui-hired0→1Jan 2014 – Nov 2018

Weedmaps

Irvine, CA

Grow One was acquired and I came with it - seven product portfolios, four product owners, fifty-plus engineers.

founder0→1series aFeb 2011 – Jan 2014

Grow One

Los Angeles, CA

Initial commit. No funding, no title, no permission - just the part where you find out whether you can actually build the thing. It grew to Series A and was acquired by Weedmaps.