About
Daniel Beutel is a computer science doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge with a distinction-awarded master's degree in software engineering from the University of Oxford. He previously served as Head of AI and CTO, leading engineering teams, and co-founded Flower, a federated learning framework used across Fortune 500 companies and academic institutions.
Daniel J. Beutel @daniel_janes
Software is now both less secure and more secure at the same time: - Less secure: agents can find vulnerabilities faster than ever before. - More secure: agents can fix vulnerabilities faster than ever before. Some systems will become substantially better because of this, some https://t.co/sBApSEGIwb
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 1 Β· β 3
Daniel J. Beutel @daniel_janes
The importance of harness engineering https://t.co/PhHEykaPqf
Jul 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 2 Β· β 1
Daniel J. Beutel @daniel_janes
Incredible release, true open frontier intelligence https://t.co/2RwbGj9rYy
Jul 16, 2026
Founder at FlowerYC W23
Intro paths
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Flower's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Flower's investors below.
Flower's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Flower
