Will Mayo is an engineer and 🏷️#entrepreneur who founded 📝SpokenLayer, a New York audio company that turns publisher content into short-form audio for voice assistants and podcast platforms. He led SpokenLayer as CEO from its 2012 launch until 2019, when he became its Chief Strategy Officer.
Before SpokenLayer, Mayo worked in engineering roles at Intel and Goldman Sachs and earned a master's degree in computer engineering from Lehigh University, according to SpokenLayer's founder profile. He launched SpokenLayer at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2012 and guided it from a podcast network of voice-over talent into a supplier of publisher audio for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. As of 2026 his LinkedIn profile lists him as the founder of Nordsprings.
I invested in SpokenLayer and advised Will as a CFO. His perseverance carried the company through its lean early years until voice assistants gave it a second life.