Building the future
of small business.
Dave Salvant is the founder and president of Squire, one of the leading technology platforms powering barbershops and service entrepreneurs around the world.
About
Technology founder. Entrepreneur. Builder.
Dave Salvant co-founded Squire with the vision of building the operating system for service entrepreneurs. What began as a platform for barbershops has grown into a vertical SaaS and payments platform processing billions in transactions and powering thousands of businesses worldwide. Dave is passionate about entrepreneurship, AI, fintech, and creating technology that empowers underserved markets.
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When Intelligence Gets Cheap, Distribution Wins
If the reasoning layer is becoming a commodity that everyone can buy at similar prices, then whatever is left over is where the value goes. It is worth knowing what is left over.
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The Model Race Just Changed the Math for Small Business
OpenAI and Anthropic both shipped new frontier models this summer. The headline is capability. The part that matters for operators is price and context.
Stop Buying AI Tools. Start Hiring AI Workers.
The difference between a tool and an agent is not technical sophistication. It is whether you would put it on an org chart.
AI Will Not Take the Job. It Will Take the Task.
The automation conversation keeps arguing about whole jobs disappearing. That is the wrong unit of analysis, and it leads businesses to the wrong decisions.
Squire Technologies
Building at scale
Thousands
Barbershops on the platform
Billions
Processed in payments
Global
Expansion across markets
Venture-Backed
By top-tier investors
In The Press
Featured in leading publications
Let's build something together
Dave works with founders, operators, and organizations on entrepreneurship, AI, fintech, and the future of small business — from advising and partnerships to speaking engagements.
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