About
Founder of Pigeon, an app that enabled peer-to-peer lending between friends and family.
Founder at PigeonYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Brian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Brian can intro founders to Pigeon's investors below.
Pigeon's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pigeon
KC
Kaben ClausonFounder
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Forward Deployed Staffcurrent2026 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- Voxel51Member of Technical Staff2024 — 2025Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- PigeonFounder & CEO2020 — 2025Miami, Florida, United States
- IntuitSoftware Engineer2018 — 2021San Diego County, California, United States
- PinterestSoftware Engineer Intern2017San Francisco, CA
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkComputer Science Researcher2016New York, New York
- Washington University in St. LouisComputer Science Researcher2016Greater St. Louis
- Bank of AmericaStudent Leader2015Charlotte Metro
Skills & more
Product ManagementProduct DevelopmentPrompt EngineeringResearch3InvestmentsQuantitative Research2EducationAPI DevelopmentTeaching1Coaching2Philosophy1Amazon Dynamodb1
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LeadershipPythonAI StrategyAgentic AI DevelopmentProblem SolvingJavaScriptAmazon Web Services (AWS)ReactComputer SecurityJavaKotlinScalaFrom Brian's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brian Bristol?
- Founder of Pigeon, an app that enabled peer-to-peer lending between friends and family.
- Where does Brian Bristol work?
- Brian Bristol is Founder of Pigeon.
- What companies did Brian Bristol found?
- Brian Bristol founded Pigeon.
- Where did Brian Bristol go to school?
- Brian Bristol studied at University of Oxford (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator (YC W22 Batch, Pigeon Loans); Bowdoin College (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science).
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