Where does Fred Fooks work?

Fred Fooks is CTO & Co-Founder of Dayjob.

What companies did Fred Fooks found?

Fred Fooks founded Dayjob, Gaea.

Where did Fred Fooks go to school?

Fred Fooks studied at University of Oxford (Engineering Science (Meng)); Y Combinator.

Fred Fooks

Founder

CTO & Co-Founder at Dayjob

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedDayjob · YC Gaea

About

Fred Fooks studied Engineering Science at Oxford and worked in AI and data science roles at Deloitte and Capgemini. He previously founded Gaea, an ERP system for e-waste recyclers, and now leads Dayjob, which develops autonomous AI agents for transport operations.

CTO & Co-Founder at Dayjob YC X26

Intro paths

Fred went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Dayjob's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Fred can intro founders to Dayjob's investors below.

Dayjob's investors · 2

Playfair CapitalLondon · $130K – $1.9M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Dayjob

George PostlethwaiteCEO and Co-Founder

Experience

DayjobCTO, Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
Gaea LinksCTO, Co-Founder2022 — 2025
DeloitteManager | Data Science & Engineering2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
Capgemini InventConsultant | Data Science2018 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)14R (Programming Language)11SQL10PowerPoint9Microsoft Excel8Tableau1Teamwork13StrategyManagement Consulting2Digital StrategyMathematics3Financial Modeling3

+4 more

Data AnalysisData VisualizationFinancial AnalysisOperating Models

From Fred's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Fred Fooks?: Fred Fooks studied Engineering Science at Oxford and worked in AI and data science roles at Deloitte and Capgemini. He previously founded Gaea, an ERP system for e-waste recyclers, and now leads Dayjob, which develops autonomous AI agents for transport operations.
Where does Fred Fooks work?: Fred Fooks is CTO & Co-Founder of Dayjob.
What companies did Fred Fooks found?: Fred Fooks founded Dayjob, Gaea.
Where did Fred Fooks go to school?: Fred Fooks studied at University of Oxford (Engineering Science (Meng)); Y Combinator.