Julie Bornstein

Julie Bornstein initially worked in politics and investment banking before getting recruited by Nordstrom to transform its e-commerce operations. Her experience in retail continued, working at Urban Outfitters and Sephora. In 2015, she joined StitchFix as its COO.

 

Bornstein founded The Yes, an AI-powered retail platform, which was acquired by Pinterest in 2022. In 2024, she unveiled her next startup: Daydream, an AI-powered search engine for commerce.

Online shopping trends are expected to stay strong this year, but e-commerce is more fragmented than ever. With brands selling on so many platforms — from TikTok Shop, to established…

Daydream rakes in $50M seed funding to build an AI-powered search engine suited for e-commerce

The Yes founder and CEO Julie Bornstein helped some of the world’s biggest and best-loved brands develop industry-leading e-commerce operations, and also served as COO…

How one founder turned her extensive retail experience into an entirely new kind of shopping

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Daily Crunch: Facebook unveils its Shops e-commerce platform

After teasing the launch of their new startup last year, e-commerce veteran Julie Bornstein and her technical co-founder, Amit Aggarwal, are today launching The Yes, a women’s shopping platform that…

Former Stitch Fix COO Julie Bornstein just took the wraps off her app-only e-commerce startup, The Yes

Backed by Forerunner Ventures, NEA and True Ventures, The Yes is an AI-powered shopping platform.

Former Stitch Fix COO Julie Bornstein is rewriting the e-commerce playbook