About
Barr Yaron, former data scientist at Facebook and eBay and product lead at dbt Labs, brings AI infrastructure expertise, hosts an AI podcast, and once pitched herself to Beyoncé's team.
Barr Yaron @barrnanas
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Jul 27, 2026 · ♥ 3
Barr Yaron @barrnanas
We're hosting our first @AmplifyPartners AI research conference on Aug 14 at Gallery 308! Featuring off-the-beaten-path work from the amazing @pgasawa @realJessyLin @spencerpoff @BenShi34 @IdanShenfeld @_chris_lu_ @FeinbergVlad https://t.co/jj4WGNLyCb
Jul 27, 2026 · ♥ 23 · ⇄ 4
Barr Yaron @barrnanas
Speech-to-speech models are the talk of the town. But in reality, most production audio pipelines are still cascaded systems. And while the ecosystem and tooling around LLMs has matured tremendously, far less attention has gone toward evaluating S2S systems well. Models are
Jul 24, 2026 · ♥ 9
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Experience
- Amplify PartnersPartnercurrent2022 — present
- Sequoia CapitalScout2021 — 2022
- dbt LabsProduct2021 — 2022
- 20|20 FundFounding General Partnercurrent2019 — present
- Women of Startup NationFoundercurrent2016 — present
- BenchmarkMBA Intern2019
- Bain Capital VenturesMBA Intern2019
- AlephPre-MBA Intern2018
- FacebookData Scientist2016 — 2018Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Parkwood EntertainmentDigital Strategy2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- Brigade MediaData Scientist / Product Analytics Manager2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- eBay Research LabsApplied Researcher2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2013New York City Metropolitan Area
- Harvard Business SchoolResearch Assistant2013Cambridge, MA
- Harvard UniversityComputer Science Teaching Assistant2012 — 2013
- Harvard UniversityApplied Mathematics Teaching Assistant2012
- Harvard UniversityEconomics Unit Test Grader2011 — 2012
- The White HouseIntern, Council of Economic Advisers2012Washington, D.C.
- The Wharton SchoolResearch Assistant2012Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education
- Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Mathematics2010 — 2014
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2018 — 2020
- Stanford UniversityStatistics (Machine Learning)2015 — 2016
- Harriton High SchoolHigh School Diploma
Skills & more
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MatlabMicrosoft ExcelJavaC (Programming Language)LaTeXBloomberg TerminalFinal Cut ProStataRLeadershipPublic SpeakingLanguages English · French · Hebrew
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