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Brad Gessler

Founder

Founder/CTO at Poll Everywhere

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPoll Everywhere · YC

About

Brad Gessler is cofounder and CTO of Poll Everywhere (S08) and cofounder and CEO of Overton, P26.

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Brad Gessler @bradgessler

Happy tokenmaxing @gbrainio customer. In their words, It's getting ~100 people’s worth of work done for ~$2,000/week. Knock that claim down by an order of magnitude and I'd say they're saving ~$400k/y. Hell of a deal, and the stuff they're doing is very consequential. https://t.co/R9MZrG8xxf

Aug 2, 2026 · ⇄ 1

Brad Gessler @bradgessler

I think the ffmpeg account got hacked. https://t.co/sN0Bi5hWzL

Aug 1, 2026 · ♥ 13

Brad Gessler @bradgessler

Great name for a night club. (Its my kids swim meet) https://t.co/P3jhFfqwMS

Aug 1, 2026 · ♥ 5

Founder/CTO at Poll EverywhereYC S08

Intro paths

YC

Brad went through Y Combinator (Summer 2008) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Brad can intro founders to Poll Everywhere's investors below.

Poll Everywhere's investors · 2

Lowercase CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Poll Everywhere

JVJeff Vyduna
Jeff VydunaFounder/CEO
SESean Eby
Sean EbyFounder

Experience

  1. OvertonChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Poll EverywhereAdvisor & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Poll EverywhereChief Technology Officer & Cofounder2008 — 2022San Francisco
  4. Rocketship, LLCProprietorcurrent2022 — presentCalifornia, United States
  5. Angel InvestorEarly-Stage Advisor & Angel Investorcurrent2013 — present
  6. Fly.ioDeveloper Relations2022 — 2024California, United States
  7. PublicisSolutions Architect2007 — 2008Chicago
  8. Deloitte ConsultingConsultant2004 — 2007Chicago

Education

  1. Y CombinatorAccelerator Program, Artificial Intelligence2026
  2. Y CombinatorAccelerator Program (Summer 2008), Startup Growth2008
  3. Indiana University BloomingtonInformatics, Business2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Technology LeadershipTalent ManagementStrategic LeadershipBoard RelationsEarly Stage InvestmentAngel InvestingInformaticsEarly-Stage StartupsExecutive LeadershipGo-to-Market StrategyDigital StrategySoftware Project Management
+12 moreEngineering ManagementNew Business DevelopmentBoard of DirectorsDeveloper RelationsProduct MarketingCTOTechnical LeadershipProduct DevelopmentInspiring TeamsFounderPrototypingEnterprise Software

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,485

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended Indiana University Bloomington125

Tianen LiangTax Controller at Felicis VenturesDavid KraneCEO & Managing Partner at GV (Google Ventures)Keren GottliebEvent Manager at GreycroftLogan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechJay JohnsonBoard Member at CincyTechEric TobiasInvestor at High Alpha

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Shared employers

Also worked at Poll Everywhere1

Jeff VydunaFounder/CEO at Poll Everywhere

Also worked at Fly.io6

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Daniel DocterManaging Director at Dell Technologies CapitalMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesKevin WillerVenture Partner at Chicago VenturesLaura YaoPartner at EQT Ventures

Also worked at Publicis8

Emily KramerVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpPatrick NicollGeneral Counsel & Chief Operating Officer at Joyance PartnersThierry VandewalleFounding Partner at Wind VentureXavier GuryFounding Partner at Wind VentureDaniel BahcheliInvestor at RA CapitalJulien PenalbaSecurity & Compliance at Pragmatech

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Also worked at Deloitte Consulting1,120

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

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