About
Brian Fioca is a product engineer with over two decades of experience across web, mobile, and desktop platforms using languages including Java, PHP, Ruby, C++, Swift, and JavaScript. He has founded five companies including RescueTime (Y Combinator 2008) and co-founded Madrona Venture Labs, the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Group.
Brian Fioca @bfioca
Not meant as much as a dig but more of a reminder that we all have blind spots
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Brian Fioca @bfioca
I’ll always remember fondly the time a guy dismissed my work because LLMs are just stochastic parrots and I asked him if he came up with that on his own or repeated something he heard
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Brian Fioca @bfioca
Neither does the future AI that will clean it up better than you ever could.
Aug 1, 2026 · ♥ 6
Founder at RescueTimeYC W08
Intro paths
Brian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2008) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Brian can intro founders to RescueTime's investors below.