Paul Buchheit
Paul Buchheit is Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital and Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator. While at Google, he created Gmail, built the prototype for AdSense, and coined Google's slogan "Don't be evil." In 2007, he co-founded FriendFeed, which became Facebook's largest acquisition to date in 2009. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University.
Notable Investments
OpenAI
Building artificial general intelligence
DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH)
Restaurant delivery
Stripe
Economic infrastructure for the internet
Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB)
Book accommodations around the world
Reddit (NYSE: RDDT)
The frontpage of the internet
Instacart (NASDAQ: CART)
Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup
Rippling
One place to run all your HR, IT, and Finance
Twitch (Acquired)
A global community creating the future of live entertainment
Cruise (Acquired)
Self-driving cars
Perplexity
AI-powered answer engine
Oklo (NYSE: OKLO)
Fission power plants
Gusto
Provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team
Flexport
Platform for global logistics
BillionToOne (NASDAQ: BLLN)
Genetic testing platform detecting and measuring disease.
Meraki (Acquired)
Corporate wifi
Replit
Collaborative in-browser IDE