About
Gavin Brennen is the COO of Lance. He previously worked on AI agents at Domo and held product and customer-facing roles at SmartSuite (Series A) and Zeus.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- g•••@lance.livereveal75% confident
Founder at LanceYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Gavin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Lance's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gavin can intro founders to Lance's investors below.
Lance's investors · 3
Co-founders at Lance
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Caleb ChanFounder
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Gatik TrivediFounder
Experience
- Lance (YC W26)Co-Founder & COOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SmartSuiteProduct2024 — 2025Newport Beach, California, United States
- ZeusDirector of Implementation2024
Skills & more
Start-up Leadership1Product ManagementIT Project ImplementationTeam Leadership2Customer Success2Business-to-Business (B2B)7
From Gavin's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gavin Brennen?
- Gavin Brennen is the COO of Lance. He previously worked on AI agents at Domo and held product and customer-facing roles at SmartSuite (Series A) and Zeus.
- Where does Gavin Brennen work?
- Gavin Brennen is Founder of Lance.
- What companies did Gavin Brennen found?
- Gavin Brennen founded Lance.
- Where did Gavin Brennen go to school?
- Gavin Brennen studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Data Science); Y Combinator (W26); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration).
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