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Nic LowdenunlockedBrendan: together at Uber (2018–2019)
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Brendan: together at Indiana University Bloomington
Brendan: together at Betterworks
About
Brendan Wood is a co-founder of Hostie, a platform for interacting with restaurants that handles reservations, takeout orders, and private event inquiries via text in multiple languages. The service also responds during off hours to support restaurant operators with guest communication and bookings.
Co-Founder & CTO at Hostie
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Hostie's investors · 6
Behind Genius VenturesSan Diego · $250K – $500K checksBurst CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $2M checksCanvas VenturesCampbell · $5M – $20M checks · since 2026Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checksScribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M checks
Co-founders at Hostie
RH
Randall HomCo-Founder & CEO
Experience
- HostieCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- HostieCo-Founder2024 — 2025
- LindyEngineering Manager2022 — 2023
- TeamflowFounding Engineer2020 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- UberSenior Software Engineer2020
- UberSoftware Engineer2018 — 2020
- EazeSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2018
- EazeSoftware Engineer2017San Francisco Bay Area
- BetterWorksSoftware Engineer2014 — 2017Palo Alto, California
- BrendanCWood.comAudio Designer, Composer, Game Developer2011 — 2014Internet
- SomaTone Interactive Inc.Junior Sound Designer2013 — 2014Emeryville
- SomaTone Interactive Inc.Studio Assistant2013
- Hoosier GamesGame Designer, Audio Designer2011 — 2012
- Indiana University BloomingtonAssociate Instructor2010 — 2012Indiana University Bloomington
- PlayerAffinityAudio Engineer2011
Skills & more
JavaScript14jQuery6Git7Node.js6Express.js4AJAX5CSS15AngularJS8HTML 59Sound Design24Music Production13Sound Editing11
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Pro ToolsAudio EditingAudio DesignComputer MusicJSONLanguages Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brendan Wood?
- Brendan Wood is a co-founder of Hostie, a platform for interacting with restaurants that handles reservations, takeout orders, and private event inquiries via text in multiple languages. The service also responds during off hours to support restaurant operators with guest communication and bookings.
- Where does Brendan Wood work?
- Brendan Wood is Co-Founder & CTO of Hostie.
- What companies did Brendan Wood found?
- Brendan Wood founded Hostie.
- Where did Brendan Wood go to school?
- Brendan Wood studied at Indiana University Bloomington (Master of Science (M.S.), Telecommunications); Indiana University (Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications and Spanish).
Founder mafias
Uber mafia233
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Garrett CampFounder & ChairmanFounded Aero +1Raquel UrtasunChief Scientist, Head of Uber ATG R&DFounded WaabiGary VaynerchukAngel InvestorFounded Empathywines +4Dan LifshitsEngineering ContractorFounded GO GLOBAL WORLD +1David PickerellLead Operations and Logistics ManagerFounded GigSafe +1Ben LernerSoftware Engineer, InfrastructureFounded Espresso AI +1
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Indiana University Bloomington mafia94
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Darren NixFounded Steadily +2Eric TobiasFounded Opendate +1Michael McHughBachelor's degreeFounded Blockstamp +1James O'DwyerBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Metal +1Jennie MoserMaster of MusicFounded Stagetime +1Bradley BosticBSFounded Hc1 +1
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Lindy mafia4
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Betterworks mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Indiana University Bloomington353
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 Hostie2
Also worked at Uber602
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack
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Also worked at Eaze5
Also worked at BetterWorks16
Amber ManteHead of Human Intelligence at Theory VenturesRon YangOperating Partner, Product Strategy & AI at Level EquityJason GreenFounder and General Partner (Emeritus) at Emergence Capital PartnersBing GordonInvestor at G2 Venture PartnersSpike HaydenInvestor at Glade Brook Capital PartnersDavid LandmanAdvisor at Reach Capital
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