Milkana Brace is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at SageOx, a Seattle-based startup building shared context infrastructure that keeps human teams and AI coding agents aligned in real time.

Milkana held leadership roles at Expedia, Groupon, and American Express Travel before earning her MBA at the University of Washington Foster School of Business and McGill University.

A repeat founder and product visionary, Milkana champions the idea of building Minimum Awesome Products, believing emotional resonance and memorable first interactions are non-negotiable in a world of scarce attention.

Milkana previously founded Jargon, a CMS for conversational AI, which was acquired by Remitly, where she went on to serve as EVP of Product and helped guide the company through rapid post-acquisition growth.

SageOx raised a $15M seed round led by Canaan Partners in 2026, with backing from A.Capital, Pioneer Square Labs, and Founders Co-op, positioning the company as foundational context infrastructure for the AI-native era.