Arnie Katz
Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) at GoFundMe focused on applying AI/LLMs to improve fundraising, product velocity, and user experience.
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Sep 25, 2025 • 50min
How GoFundMe is Changing Fundraisers in the Age of AI with Arnie Katz, CPTO
Arnie Katz, the Chief Product & Technology Officer at GoFundMe, shares his insights on leveraging AI to transform fundraising. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychology of asking for help and discusses the barriers people face in philanthropy. Arnie highlights how AI-generated enhancements can streamline story creation for fundraisers, and he reflects on his past startup failure as a vital leadership lesson. The conversation touches on fostering a culture that embraces failure to increase innovation velocity.
Feb 23, 2026 • 25min
The CPTO Role Explained, How Product and Engineering Move Faster Together
Arnie Katz, CPTO at GoFundMe who leads product, engineering, data and design for a platform that has enabled over $40B in donations. He explains the CPTO as a portfolio manager balancing short and long term bets. He discusses how unified leadership speeds decisions, the trade offs of combining roles, managing technical debt, and AI boosting small-team velocity.
