Where does Alex Selig work?

Alex Selig is Founder/CEO of SoundFocus.

Where did Alex Selig go to school?

Alex Selig studied at Stanford University (Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Product Design).

Alex Selig

Founder

Founder/CEO at SoundFocus

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSoundFocus · YC

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About

Alex Selig is a Group Product Manager at Microsoft, where he works on PowerPoint Copilot, an AI productivity feature. He previously held roles at Google and Meta, and works on product development and user experience design for hardware-software solutions.

Founder/CEO at SoundFocus YC S13

Intro paths

Alex went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Alex can intro founders to SoundFocus's investors below.

SoundFocus's investors · 2

Kapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2013

Experience

MicrosoftGPM - PowerPoint Copilotcurrent2024 — presentMountain View, CA
MetaProduct Manager - VR Core UX & Shell2022 — 2024Burlingame, CA
GoogleProduct Manager - Nest2019 — 2022Mountain View, California
OrroHead of Product2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
PandoraSr. Product Manager2016 — 2017Oakland, CA
Sound FocusFounder & CEO2012 — 2016Mountain View, CA
D2MProgram Lead2011 — 2012Mountain View, CA
MicrosoftProgram Manager (Office User Experience; OneNote MX)2009 — 2011
Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant - ME 80 - Materials Deformation2008 — 2009
Stanford UniversityMayfield Fellow2008Stanford, CA 94309
Invuity IncMechanical Engineer2008 — 2009
Presto Services Inc.Product Manager2008
Light & MotionDesign Intern2007
Lunar DesignEngineering Intern2006

Skills & more

Product Development55Product Design26User Interface Design24Entrepreneurship21Rapid Prototyping19User Experience18Medical Devices14Solidworks8Business Development9Product Management14Engineering6Mobile Devices4

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Adobe Creative SuiteMicrosoft OfficeDesign ThinkingConsumer ElectronicsMatlabTestingMechanical EngineeringDesign for ManufacturingMechanical Product DesignManufacturingIndustrial DesignInjection Molding

Languages English · French

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alex Selig?: Alex Selig is a Group Product Manager at Microsoft, where he works on PowerPoint Copilot, an AI productivity feature. He previously held roles at Google and Meta, and works on product development and user experience design for hardware-software solutions.
Where does Alex Selig work?: Alex Selig is Founder/CEO of SoundFocus.
What companies did Alex Selig found?: Alex Selig founded SoundFocus.
Where did Alex Selig go to school?: Alex Selig studied at Stanford University (Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Product Design).

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Stanford University mafia1,909

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Microsoft1,827

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at Meta410

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Daniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe Superintelligence Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox Gabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of Harvey TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures Mike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure

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Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG