Daniel Buchmueller
InvestorFounderVenture 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 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.
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Experience
- Gallatin AICo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentEl Segundo, California, United States
- UP.PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentSanta Monica, California, United States
- VastSenior Vice President of Engineering2023 — 2024El Segundo, California, United States
- Silo Inc.Member Of The Board Of Advisors2020 — 2024Greater New York City Area
- Vay TechnologySenior Vice President Of Engineering2021 — 2022Berlin, Germany
- The Boring CompanyDirector of TBM Software and Systems / Chief Engineer2021Pflugerville, Texas, United States
- VolansiChief Technology Officer2020 — 2021
- AirbusVice President, Head of Drone Cargo by Airbus2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- Flatiron HealthDirector Of Engineering2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- AmazonPrime Air UK Lead & Co-Founder Prime Air2015 — 2016Cambridge, United Kingdom
- AmazonEngineering Manager & Co-Founder Prime Air2014 — 2015Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonSoftware Engineer & Co-Founder Prime Air2013 — 2014greater seattle area
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Amazon Go2013Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer 22012 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer 22010 — 2012Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2008 — 2010Greater Seattle Area
- icontentFounder & CEO2000 — 2008Zürich Area, Switzerland
- Swiss Armed ForcesCaptain2002 — 2008Bern Area, Switzerland
- University of ZurichGraduate Student2005 — 2008Zürich Area, Switzerland
- University of ZurichUndergratudate Student2003 — 2005Zürich Area, Switzerland
- University of ZurichUndergraduate Student2002 — 2003Zürich Area, Switzerland
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USASDE Intern in VirtualEarth2007Greater Seattle Area
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USASDE Intern in Windows Live Communities2006Greater Seattle Area
- Swiss ReIntern (SDE/Business Analyst)2005Greater New York City Area
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JavaScriptVisual StudioWindows PhoneScalabilityProgrammingOOPAugmented RealityInformation ArchitectureWeb ServicesSystems ThinkingAgile MethodologiesWeb MappingLanguages English · French · German · Italian
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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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