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Dan Hill
FounderCofounder and CTO at Promoted.ai
Bellevue, Washington, United States
FoundedPromoted.ai · YC
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10,357 people in our graph share verified history with Dan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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About
Dan Hill spent roughly 18 years building advertising systems at Google and Pinterest before co-founding Promoted.ai, where he focuses on team and revenue growth.
Cofounder and CTO at Promoted.aiYC W21
Intro paths
YC
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Experience
- Dropbox DashPrincipal Engineer2025Seattle, Washington, United States
- Promoted.aiCofounder and CTO2019 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- PinterestEngineer & Manager2017 — 2018
- GoogleSenior Staff Software Engineer & Tech Lead Manager2006 — 2017
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Summer Intern2005 — 2006
- Army Research LaboratorySoftware Engineer Summer Intern2002 — 2004
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dan Hill?
- Dan Hill spent roughly 18 years building advertising systems at Google and Pinterest before co-founding Promoted.ai, where he focuses on team and revenue growth.
- Where does Dan Hill work?
- Dan Hill is Cofounder and CTO of Promoted.ai.
- What companies did Dan Hill found?
- Dan Hill founded Promoted.ai.
- Where did Dan Hill go to school?
- Dan Hill studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelors, Computer Science); Montgomery Blair High School (High School).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,522
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Carnegie Mellon University mafia545
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded MistralJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
Montgomery Blair High School mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University748
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 742 more
Also attended Montgomery Blair High School15
Nina LuPrincipal at Dell Technologies CapitalWynston ReedInvestor at Clean Energy VenturesMichael WangInvestor at E14 FundSherman LeungAdvisor at Andreessen HorowitzDaniel KraftGeneral Partner at Continuum Health VenturesChristine WangPartner at The Family Fund
+ 9 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Pinterest85
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
+ 79 more
Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
+ 1,994 more
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
+ 1,994 more