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Fred Fooks

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CTO & Co-Founder at Dayjob

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedDayjob · YCGaea

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706 people in our graph share verified history with Fred — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Erin Price-WrightunlockedFred: together at University of Oxford (2014–2015)
×11Fred: together at Y Combinator

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 DayjobYC X26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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 checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Dayjob

GPGeorge Postlethwaite
George PostlethwaiteCEO and Co-Founder

Experience

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

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)14R (Programming Language)11SQL10PowerPoint9Microsoft Excel8Tableau1Teamwork13StrategyManagement Consulting2Digital StrategyMathematics3Financial Modeling3
+4 moreData AnalysisData VisualizationFinancial AnalysisOperating Models

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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.

Founder mafias

Dayjob mafia2

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George PostlethwaiteCEO and Co-FounderFounded Gaea

Gaea mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

George PostlethwaiteFounded Dayjob

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