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10,664 people in our graph share verified history with Brian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Trae StephensunlockedBrian: together at YC W22 (2022)
×2Brian: together at YC W22
×5Brian: together at Pinterest
×4Brian: together at Intuit®
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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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
+12 more
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 mafia10,522
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of Oxford mafia753
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
OpenAI mafia109
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanFormer board member (nonprofit board)Founded LinkedIn +3Sam 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
Intuit® mafia102
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Adam JacksonSenior Product Development ManagerFounded Doctor on Demand +1Val AgostinoDirector of ProductFounded Monarch +1Sriharsha KaramchatiSoftware EngineerFounded Questbook +1Bryant ChouSenior Software EngineerFounded Ploy +1Alejandro MendozaAndroid Mobile Engineer at MintFounded Go School Box +1Victor ChoVice President Web Marketing and Web CommerceFounded Emovid +1
Same school
Also attended University of Oxford1,759
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
+ 1,753 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 College110
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
+ 104 more
Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI178
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
+ 172 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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