Abigail Grills
FounderCEO & Co-founder at Riveter
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedRiveter · YC
About
Abigail Grills is the CEO of Riveter AI. She previously worked at Middesk and Gusto, where she spent a decade in product leadership roles including early-stage product management and mid-market payroll team leadership. Earlier in her career, she worked at early-stage consumer electronics companies.
CEO & Co-founder at RiveterYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Abigail went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Riveter's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Abigail can intro founders to Riveter's investors below.
Riveter's investors · 4
Co-founders at Riveter
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Amy NelsonExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- RiveterCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- MiddeskStaff Product Manager, Business Verification2022 — 2024Denver, Colorado, United States
- GustoHead of Product, Mid-Market Payroll2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- GustoSenior Product Manager2018 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- GustoProduct Manager2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
- Ava Women (Acquired by FemTec)Product Manager2016San Francisco, California
- MOOV INCProduct Manager2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- MOOV INCProduct Manager Intern2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- SolarCityPermit & Inspections Coordinator2013Morgan Hill, CA
Skills & more
Leadership47Teamwork33Management5Public Speaking5Solidworks2Matlab4Microsoft Excel16Microsoft Office15Microsoft Word4PowerPoint9SolidWorks3SQL
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EditingMechanical EngineeringPhotovoltaicsCustomer ServiceViolinCopywritingSocial MediaSocial NetworkingResearchRiveterSelf-starterProcess Improvement- Data Analytics — General Assembly
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Abigail Grills?
- Abigail Grills is the CEO of Riveter AI. She previously worked at Middesk and Gusto, where she spent a decade in product leadership roles including early-stage product management and mid-market payroll team leadership. Earlier in her career, she worked at early-stage consumer electronics companies.
- Where does Abigail Grills work?
- Abigail Grills is CEO & Co-founder of Riveter.
- What companies did Abigail Grills found?
- Abigail Grills founded Riveter.
- Where did Abigail Grills go to school?
- Abigail Grills studied at Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering); Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Mechanical Engineering); Cherry Creek High School.
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