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689 people in our graph share verified history with Brian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Doug NealunlockedBrian: together at Voxel51 (2024–2025)
×4Brian: together at OpenAI
×5Brian: together at Pinterest
×2Brian: together at Bowdoin College
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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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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of Oxford mafia622
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanM.St.Founded LinkedIn +2Gabriel PereyraDropped outFounded HarveyBrent HobermanMaster of Arts - MAFounded Founders Pledge +4Kevin HartzMstFounded Eventbrite +3William GuttmanM.PhilFounded CurvePoint +3Tom BlomfieldMaster's DegreeFounded Starling Bank +2
+ 615 more
OpenAI mafia103
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
+ 96 more
Intuit® mafia82
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Val AgostinoDirector of ProductFounded Monarch +2Sriharsha KaramchatiSoftware EngineerFounded Questbook +2Paul EnglishVP of TechnologyFounded Moonbeam +2Adam JacksonSenior Product Development ManagerFounded Doctor on Demand +1Bryant ChouSenior Software EngineerFounded Ploy +1Nissim TapiroDirector of engineeringFounded Nextinsurance +1
+ 75 more
Bowdoin College mafia25
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reed HastingsBAFounded InterPositiveMatthew R. PattersonBAFounded Audentes Therapeutics +2Ted PowerFounded Versa +1Jack MorrisonFounded Agency Tool Company +1Whit SchraderBAFounded Pearescope +1Andrew PalmerBAFounded Tamr
+ 18 more
Same school
Also attended University of Oxford1,764
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
+ 1,758 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Bowdoin College109
Reed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixHolly MaloneyInvestment Team at General CatalystKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystKevin MunnellyInvestor at Third Rock VenturesEmily PawlakVice President at Volition CapitalJohn HarthorneFounder & Managing Director at Two Lanterns Venture Partners
+ 103 more
Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI191
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 185 more
Also worked at Voxel513
Also worked at Intuit193
Nate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsDavid HahnCISO Operating Partner at Ballistic VenturesAnkita BalotiaPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpArjun AroraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesAdam CoccariManaging Director at HubSpot VenturesTekedra MawakanaCo-CEO of Waymo
+ 187 more
Also worked at Pinterest86
Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesKevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VCAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
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