Where does Abe Wheeler work?

Abe Wheeler is Founder of Trigo.

Where did Abe Wheeler go to school?

Abe Wheeler studied at University of Southern California (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); University of Washington; University High School (High School Diploma).

Abe Wheeler

Founder

Founder at Trigo

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedTrigo · YC

About

Abe Wheeler built Trigo (YC W23), a rent data API that was acquired by Snappt in 2025, and previously developed AI advertising systems at Amazon. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from USC and is currently working on open-source application frameworks at sunpeak.ai.

Founder at Trigo YC W23

Intro paths

Abe went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Trigo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, Abe can intro founders to Trigo's investors below.

Trigo's investors · 7

83NorthLondon · $100K – $10M checks Four Acres CapitalNew York · $50K – $100K checks Hetz VenturesTel Aviv · $3.6M – $90M checks Red Dot Capital PartnersTel Aviv-Jaffa · $10M – $20M checks TemasekSingapore Vertex VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Trigo

Sam SteinFounder

Experience

alignbase.aiFoundercurrent2025 — presentAustin, TX
Trigo (YC W23)Co-Founder & CTO2022 — 2025New York, NY
ATM.comEngineering Manager2021 — 2022Newport Beach, CA
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2018 — 2021Seattle, WA
MeridianLinkSoftware Development Engineer2018Orange County, CA
Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineering Intern2017New York, New York
ValassisSoftware Engineering Intern2016Seattle, WA
ExperianSoftware Development Intern2015Orange County, CA
City of IrvineSwim Instructor2012 — 2015Orange County, CA

Skills & more

C++2Java2Python1ASP.NET1VB.NET2Android1Windows1SQL1HTML1CSS1JavaScript3jQuery1

+12 more

BootstrapGitCObjective-CTortoise SVNAmazon Web Services (AWS)Microsoft OfficeC#Software DevelopmentMobile Application DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Water Safety Instructor (WSI) — American Red Cross

From Abe's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Abe Wheeler?: Abe Wheeler built Trigo (YC W23), a rent data API that was acquired by Snappt in 2025, and previously developed AI advertising systems at Amazon. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from USC and is currently working on open-source application frameworks at sunpeak.ai.
Where does Abe Wheeler work?: Abe Wheeler is Founder of Trigo.
What companies did Abe Wheeler found?: Abe Wheeler founded Trigo.
Where did Abe Wheeler go to school?: Abe Wheeler studied at University of Southern California (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); University of Washington; University High School (High School Diploma).