Artem Petakov is a co-founder of Noom, the digital weight loss and health app company. He started it in 2008 with his friend Saeju Jeong.
Petakov worked as a software engineer at Google before Noom. Noom was first formed as WorkSmart Labs in 2007 and took the Noom name in 2011.
He leads Noom Ventures, the company's venture arm. Jeong served as CEO until 2023, when Geoff Cook took over.
Noom raised $540 million at a $3.7 billion valuation in May 2021. Its revenue reached $400 million in 2020.