Owaves Appoints Jason Knapp as Chief Product and AI Officer
- •Owaves appoints Jason Knapp as Chief Product and AI Officer to lead BodyClock AI™ development.
- •Knapp, a co-inventor of real-time bidding, previously served in executive roles at Viant and Viasat.
- •The appointment supports Owaves' transition toward scaling precision lifestyle medicine via AI-driven behavior coaching.
Owaves, Inc., a precision lifestyle medicine company known for its BodyClock AI™ platform, announced on June 23, 2026, that Jason Knapp has joined as Chief Product and AI Officer. Knapp, an experienced product leader and co-inventor of real-time bidding, will oversee the development of the company’s AI-driven coaching features and user experience. His role focuses on refining the BodyClock Score™, a 0-to-100 metric that integrates five core lifestyle behaviors—sleep, nutrition, movement, relationships, and mindfulness—into a unified daily assessment based on time.
Knapp brings over 20 years of experience in building consumer products and data platforms. He previously served as Chief Product Officer at Viant, where he led the relaunch of Myspace, and as Vice President of Digital Products at Viasat. He holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and is a mentor at the San Diego technology incubator EvoNexus. Before this appointment, Knapp had been working with Owaves since earlier this year.
The company aims to scale its precision lifestyle medicine offerings by leveraging data on both user-planned and actual daily behaviors. Owaves, which originated from a team at UC San Diego, maintains research collaborations with Scripps Research and the NIH’s All of Us Research Program. The appointment marks a transition into a new operational phase for the organization, with future plans including the expansion of community-focused features like My Moai and broader adoption of BodyClock AI™ across clinical institutions.