Goutham Buchi
FounderFounder/CTO at Sycamore
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSycamore Β· YC
About
Goutham Buchi is a software engineer who previously held senior engineering roles at Coinbase and served as CTO at AngelList. He was an early employee at Coursera and is now building Sycamore, which was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch.
Founder/CTO at SycamoreYC W17
Intro paths
YC
Goutham went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Goutham can intro founders to Sycamore's investors below.
Sycamore's investors Β· 5
8VCAustin Β· $100K β $50M checks Β· since 2026Abstract VenturesSan Francisco Β· $250K β $750K checks Β· since 2026Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto Β· $500K β $50M checks Β· since 2026Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park Β· $1.7M β $87M checks Β· since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2017
Co-founders at Sycamore
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Steven SyverudFounder/CEO
Experience
- Beacon SoftwareCTOcurrent2026 β present
- AngelListCTO2025 β 2026
- CoinbaseSenior Director of Engineering2018 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- MySycamore - YC W17Co-Founder & CEO2016 β 2018
- CourseraEngineering Lead - Growth2014 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Bloomberg LPEngineering Manager2009 β 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
- Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineer2007 β 2009London Area, United Kingdom
- Bloomberg LPIntern2006New York City Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Engineering Management1Director level1Bloomberg23Fixed Income11Management Consulting5FX Options6Algorithms14Training1Data Structures2Trading Systems9Valuation4Business Analysis5
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Team LeadershipDerivativesAnalyticsNonprofitsData AnalysisElectronic TradingMultithreadingSoftware EngineeringC++JavaScriptPythonSTLLanguages Japanese (from travels), German (undergrad courses)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Goutham Buchi?
- Goutham Buchi is a software engineer who previously held senior engineering roles at Coinbase and served as CTO at AngelList. He was an early employee at Coursera and is now building Sycamore, which was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch.
- Where does Goutham Buchi work?
- Goutham Buchi is Founder/CTO of Sycamore.
- What companies did Goutham Buchi found?
- Goutham Buchi founded Sycamore.
- Where did Goutham Buchi go to school?
- Goutham Buchi studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B.Tech, Computer Science).
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AngelList mafia24
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Coursera mafia22
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Shared employers
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