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Brandon Ballinger

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Founder at Empirical Health · Founder at Sift

New York, New York, United States

FoundedEmpirical Health · YCSift · YC

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Brandon Ballinger co-founded Empirical Health, which applies AI to preventive cardiology, and previously co-founded Cardiogram, a deep learning company focused on heart disease detection that was acquired. He has held senior technical roles at Google leading machine learning for speech recognition, served as Head of Risk Engineering at Brex, and contributed to the HealthCare.gov recovery effort.

Founder at Empirical HealthYC S23

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Empirical Health's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Brandon can intro founders to Empirical Health's investors below.

Empirical Health's investors · 7

Broom VenturesSan FranciscoFundamental VenturesLakewayMaiora Rebel VenturesPioneerToronto, OntarioRebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksSamsung NextMountain View · $100K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Empirical Health

RRRaquel Rodriguez Martinez
Raquel Rodriguez MartinezFounder

Founder at SiftYC S11

Intro paths

YC

Brandon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Brandon can intro founders to Sift's investors below.

Sift's investors · 27

BedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checksData Community FundSan FranciscoEarthrise VenturesNew YorkFINTOP CapitalNashvilleFirst Round CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checks · since 2013Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksForefront VentureSeattleFounder CollectiveCambridge · since 2013Founders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoGambit VenturesNew YorkGrowth EngineMilanGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksInitialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksInovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2016KickstartSalt Lake City · $250K – $3M checksNext Coast VenturesAustin · $2M – $4M checksNext Frontier CapitalBozeman · $2M – $5M checksOpenView Venture PartnersBoston · $5M – $20M checks · since 2025Plug and Play VenturesSilicon Valley · $50K – $400K checksPrivilège VenturesLugano · $100K – $1M checksSciFi VCSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2014StripesNew YorkSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks · since 2013Union Square Ventures (USV)New York · $1M – $8M checks · since 2013Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011

Co-founders at Sift

JTJason Tan
Jason TanExecutive Chairman
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Austin SpiegelFounder
KG
Karthik GollapudiFounder

Investments

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brandon Ballinger?
Brandon Ballinger co-founded Empirical Health, which applies AI to preventive cardiology, and previously co-founded Cardiogram, a deep learning company focused on heart disease detection that was acquired. He has held senior technical roles at Google leading machine learning for speech recognition, served as Head of Risk Engineering at Brex, and contributed to the HealthCare.gov recovery effort.
Where does Brandon Ballinger work?
Brandon Ballinger is Founder of Empirical Health and Founder at Sift.
What companies did Brandon Ballinger found?
Brandon Ballinger founded Empirical Health, Sift.
What companies has Brandon Ballinger invested in?
Investments tracked here include Accend, CarbonChain, Juno, LunaJoy Health, Toothy AI.

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