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Daniel Buchmueller

InvestorFounder

Venture Partner at UP Partners · Founder at Gallatin Ai

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedGallatin Ai

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Daniel: together at Gallatin Ai
Daniel: together at UP Partners

About

Daniel Buchmueller is Co-Founder and CTO at Gallatin AI, focused on automation in transportation, logistics, and manual labor. He has over 75 issued patents and co-founded Amazon Prime Air, where he led feedback loop closure that enabled commercial delivery flights in Cambridgeshire beginning in 2016. Previously, he was an early employee at Amazon Go and founding team member at Bing Offers, and served as CTO at Volansi, where he scaled the engineering and product organization from 19 to 53 people within twelve months.

Founder at Gallatin Ai

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Gallatin Ai's investors · 5

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checksMoonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checksSalus VenturesSilent VenturesDallas · $1.5M – $3M checksSparq Capital (SFO)Palo Alto

Co-founders at Gallatin Ai

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Woody GlierFounder

Experience

  1. Gallatin AICo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentEl Segundo, California, United States
  2. UP.PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentSanta Monica, California, United States
  3. VastSenior Vice President of Engineering2023 — 2024El Segundo, California, United States
  4. Silo Inc.Member Of The Board Of Advisors2020 — 2024Greater New York City Area
  5. Vay TechnologySenior Vice President Of Engineering2021 — 2022Berlin, Germany
  6. The Boring CompanyDirector of TBM Software and Systems / Chief Engineer2021Pflugerville, Texas, United States
  7. VolansiChief Technology Officer2020 — 2021
  8. AirbusVice President, Head of Drone Cargo by Airbus2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
  9. Flatiron HealthDirector Of Engineering2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  10. AmazonPrime Air UK Lead & Co-Founder Prime Air2015 — 2016Cambridge, United Kingdom
  11. AmazonEngineering Manager & Co-Founder Prime Air2014 — 2015Greater Seattle Area
  12. AmazonSoftware Engineer & Co-Founder Prime Air2013 — 2014greater seattle area
  13. AmazonSoftware Engineer Amazon Go2013Greater Seattle Area
  14. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer 22012 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
  15. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer 22010 — 2012Greater Seattle Area
  16. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2008 — 2010Greater Seattle Area
  17. icontentFounder & CEO2000 — 2008Zürich Area, Switzerland
  18. Swiss Armed ForcesCaptain2002 — 2008Bern Area, Switzerland
  19. University of ZurichGraduate Student2005 — 2008Zürich Area, Switzerland
  20. University of ZurichUndergratudate Student2003 — 2005Zürich Area, Switzerland
  21. University of ZurichUndergraduate Student2002 — 2003Zürich Area, Switzerland
  22. Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USASDE Intern in VirtualEarth2007Greater Seattle Area
  23. Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USASDE Intern in Windows Live Communities2006Greater Seattle Area
  24. Swiss ReIntern (SDE/Business Analyst)2005Greater New York City Area

Skills & more

Distributed Systems49C#29Silverlight20Software Development69Software Engineering40Software Design34Computer Science19Algorithms13.NET11WPF6Windows Azure6Object Oriented Design10
+12 moreJavaScriptVisual StudioWindows PhoneScalabilityProgrammingOOPAugmented RealityInformation ArchitectureWeb ServicesSystems ThinkingAgile MethodologiesWeb Mapping

Languages English · French · German · Italian

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Colleagues at UP Partners

Adam Grosser
Chairman and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Alex Garcia Lautzenheiser
Senior Associate at UP Partners
Ally Warson
Partner at UP Partners
Ben Marcus
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Christian Bailey
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Colby Goff
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Cyrus Sigari
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Eric Hirshberg
Venture Partner at UP Partners

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Adam Grosser
Chairman and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Ally Warson
Partner at UP Partners
Ben Marcus
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Christian Bailey
Venture Partner at UP Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Daniel Buchmueller?
Daniel Buchmueller is Co-Founder and CTO at Gallatin AI, focused on automation in transportation, logistics, and manual labor. He has over 75 issued patents and co-founded Amazon Prime Air, where he led feedback loop closure that enabled commercial delivery flights in Cambridgeshire beginning in 2016. Previously, he was an early employee at Amazon Go and founding team member at Bing Offers, and served as CTO at Volansi, where he scaled the engineering and product organization from 19 to 53 people within twelve months.
Where does Daniel Buchmueller work?
Daniel Buchmueller is Founder of Gallatin Ai and Venture Partner at UP Partners.
What check size does Daniel Buchmueller write?
Daniel Buchmueller typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Daniel Buchmueller found?
Daniel Buchmueller founded Gallatin Ai.
Where did Daniel Buchmueller go to school?
Daniel Buchmueller studied at University of Zurich (MSc, Computer Science).

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Also worked at Gallatin AI4

Luke BugbeePortfolio Support at 8VCKelly PerdewCo-Founder and Managing General Partner at Moonshots CapitalJackson MosesVenture Partner at Afore CapitalBrian BallardExecutive Officer, Director at Upskill

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