About
Jeff Barg is CTO at Avenue, an observability platform for operations teams. He previously worked as a software engineer on Amazon's Alexa AI team and developed iOS applications that gained over 300,000 downloads.
Founder at AvenueYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Jeff went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jeff can intro founders to Avenue's investors below.
Avenue's investors · 2
Co-founders at Avenue
JB
Justin BleuelCo-Founder & CEO
Experience
- ClayHead of AIcurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- ClayEngineering Manager2025 — 2026New York City Metropolitan Area
- ClayEngineer2024 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- AvenueCo-Founder & CTO2020 — 2024New York, NY, United States
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2017 — 2019Cambridge, MA
- Bridgewater AssociatesSummer Technology Associate2016Westport, Connecticut
- University of PennsylvaniaCIS 160 TA2014 — 2015
- FundersClubSoftware Engineer Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- PolicyMicSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014
- Fructose Tech, LLC.Founder & CEO2008 — 2012
Skills & more
iOS development8Django4Objective-C10Python17HTML12CSS3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeff Barg?
- Jeff Barg is CTO at Avenue, an observability platform for operations teams. He previously worked as a software engineer on Amazon's Alexa AI team and developed iOS applications that gained over 300,000 downloads.
- Where does Jeff Barg work?
- Jeff Barg is Founder of Avenue.
- What companies did Jeff Barg found?
- Jeff Barg founded Avenue.
- Where did Jeff Barg go to school?
- Jeff Barg studied at Y Combinator; University of Pennsylvania (BSE in Computer Science, Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology); The Wharton School (Bachelor’s Degree, Entrepreneurship).
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