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Gabriel Birnbaum

Founder

Founder at Y/n

United States

FoundedY/n · YC

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

Keita YazakiunlockedGabriel: together at Heidelberg University (2020)
×10Gabriel: together at Y Combinator
Gabriel: together at Heidelberg University

About

Gabriel Birnbaum co-founded Can of Soup and previously worked as the first product designer at Substack, with background research in plasma physics. He is currently building Y/n.

Founder at Y/nYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Gabriel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Y/n's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Y/n's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Y/n

EMEric Meier
Eric MeierFounder

Experience

  1. Y/nCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentСан-Франциско, CA
  2. Can of SoupCEO & Co-Founder2023 — 2025Metropolregion San Francisco Bay Area
  3. SubstackProduct Designer2020 — 2023Metropolregion San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Plasma.jlLead Software Engineer2021 — 2023Metropolregion San Francisco Bay Area
  5. NeuralPDE.jlContributing Software Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

PhysicsComputer-Aided Design (CAD)JavaScript4Julia (Programming Language)Computational plasma

Languages English · French · German · Hebrew · Portuguese · Spanish · Swedish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gabriel Birnbaum?
Gabriel Birnbaum co-founded Can of Soup and previously worked as the first product designer at Substack, with background research in plasma physics. He is currently building Y/n.
Where does Gabriel Birnbaum work?
Gabriel Birnbaum is Founder of Y/n.
What companies did Gabriel Birnbaum found?
Gabriel Birnbaum founded Y/n.
Where did Gabriel Birnbaum go to school?
Gabriel Birnbaum studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Grant awardee); Heidelberg University (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Y/n1

Eric MeierFounder at Y/n

Also worked at Can of Soup1

Eric MeierFounder at Y/n