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Paul Buchheit

Paul Buchheit
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Paul Buchheit is a Group Partner at YC and the creator of GMail. While at Google he also built the prototype for AdSense and came up with Google's famous slogan “Don't be evil.” In 2007 he was one of the founders of Friendfeed, which in 2009 became Facebook's largest acquisition to date. He has a BS and MS in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University.

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  • The YC companies Paul has worked with are worth a combined $236 billion.
  • He's advised more than 40 YC unicorns including:
Gusto logoAmplitude logoApollo logoSegment logoGoCardless logoSift logoGOAT Group logoDocker logoPagerDuty logoTwitch logoSmartAsset logoCoinbase logoZapier logoBenchling logoInstacart logoDoorDash logoEasyPost logoWebflow logoBellabeat logoCheckr logoFront logoHelion Energy logoHigherMe logoRazorpay logoTeleport logoGo1 logoOutschool logoAstranis logoPeople.ai logoRippling logoSolugen logoRetool logoNewfront logoJasper.ai logoCoinTracker logoVanta logoGroww logoReplit logoTitan logoPapa logoDeel logoPrometheus logo

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The path to $100B
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The path to $100B
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