Where does Christopher Settles work?

Christopher Settles is Founder of Refresh.

What companies did Christopher Settles found?

Christopher Settles founded Refresh.

What companies has Christopher Settles invested in?

Investments tracked here include Autumn, Omnara, Proliferate, RealRoots, Taiga.

Where did Christopher Settles go to school?

Christopher Settles studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Masters of Computer Science & Bachelors of Science, Computer Science); Y Combinator (Spring 2025 (X25)); buildspace (Nights and Weekends s3 & s4).

Christopher Settles

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Founder at Refresh

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedRefresh · YC

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About

Christopher Settles is co-founder and CEO of Refresh. He previously worked on machine learning at Uber AI and studied computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Founder at Refresh YC X25

Intro paths

Christopher went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Refresh's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Refresh's investors · 3

Deming Sky Inc.Edison PartnersNashville · $5M – $25M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Refresh

Erik QuintanillaFounder

Experience

RefreshCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — present
UberML @ Uber2021 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGraduate Researcher, Teaching Assistant2020Champaign, Illinois, United States
GoogleSoftware Engineering2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
UberSoftware Engineering2019
Bank of America Merrill LynchData Engineering, Full Stack2018Chicago, Illinois
Geek SquadServices Sales Associate2015 — 2017North Aurora, Illinois
Caterpillar Inc.Data Scientist, Growth2017Urbana-Champaign Area
FermilabUndergraduate Research Assistant2016
West Aurora School District 129Information Technology2015Aurora, Illinois
Party CitySales Associate2014 — 2015Aurora, Illinois, United States

Skills & more

Team Leadership4Mentoring1C++18Microsoft Office6Computer Hardware6Microsoft Excel4SQL4Python (Programming Language)4Java1Customer Service9Programming21Sales9

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Computer RepairTroubleshootingMathematicsTechnical SupportOpen Source DevelopmentCareer Management

Languages C · C++ · English · Go · Java · Python · Spanish

How to Be a Good Mentee and Mentor — LinkedIn

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Investments

Investor

Autumn Omnara Proliferate RealRoots Taiga

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Christopher Settles?: Christopher Settles is co-founder and CEO of Refresh. He previously worked on machine learning at Uber AI and studied computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Where does Christopher Settles work?: Christopher Settles is Founder of Refresh.
What companies did Christopher Settles found?: Christopher Settles founded Refresh.
What companies has Christopher Settles invested in?: Investments tracked here include Autumn, Omnara, Proliferate, RealRoots, Taiga.
Where did Christopher Settles go to school?: Christopher Settles studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Masters of Computer Science & Bachelors of Science, Computer Science); Y Combinator (Spring 2025 (X25)); buildspace (Nights and Weekends s3 & s4).