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Jeff Barg

Founder

Founder at Avenue

New York, New York, United States

FoundedAvenue · YC

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.

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Jeff Barg @jeffbarg

I miss ultrathink.

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 5

Jeff Barg @jeffbarg

Intelligence too expensive to matter

Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 34 · ⇄ 2

Jeff Barg @jeffbarg

The only thing scarier than building the same thing as everyone else is building something different

Jul 28, 2026 · ♥ 26

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

Wayfinder VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Avenue

JBJustin Bleuel
Justin BleuelCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

  1. ClayHead of AIcurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. ClayEngineering Manager2025 — 2026New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. ClayEngineer2024 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. AvenueCo-Founder & CTO2020 — 2024New York, NY, United States
  5. AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2017 — 2019Cambridge, MA
  6. Bridgewater AssociatesSummer Technology Associate2016Westport, Connecticut
  7. University of PennsylvaniaCIS 160 TA2014 — 2015
  8. FundersClubSoftware Engineer Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
  9. PolicyMicSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014
  10. Fructose Tech, LLC.Founder & CEO2008 — 2012

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. University of PennsylvaniaBSE in Computer Science, Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology
  3. The Wharton SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Entrepreneurship
  4. Horace Mann School
  5. International School of Geneva

Skills & more

iOS development8Django4Objective-C10Python17HTML12CSS3

From Jeff's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

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Also attended Horace Mann School17

Schuster TangerInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcAndre JabbanPartner and Head of Capital Formation at Prime Movers LabZahra ThiamInvestor at Scottish Equity PartnersJoey PeracchiaAssociate at Upper90Melissa FensterstockCompany Building Advisor at Material ImpactGreg KubinGeneral Partner and Co-Founder at PsyMed Ventures

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Also attended International School of Geneva13

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesNeil RimerInvestor at Index VenturesNicholas AdeyiInvestor at Congruent VenturesHsien-Hui TongExecutive Director, Investments at SGInnovateTanvi NarainPrincipal at Counterpart VenturesNeil WareCFO, Conduit Group at Conduit Asset Management

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Shared employers

Also worked at Clay13

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalEliot DurbinGeneral Partner at boldstart venturesAlex KurlandPartner at Meritech Capital PartnersTerry ChouPartner at Alpha Intelligence CapitalDavid CahnGeneral Partner and COO of Venture at Sequoia CapitalShriya NevatiaPrincipal at The Council

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Also worked at Amazon356

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group

+ 350 more

Also worked at Bridgewater Associates94

Coen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark CapitalJared FriedmanGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAnkit GuptaGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorCaitlinChief of Staff at Hummingbird VenturesMark LurieVenture Partner at FJ LabsNicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 88 more

Also worked at University of Pennsylvania81

Wesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesDavid MagermanManaging Partner at Differential VenturesNuan ZhangInvestor at Episode1Vyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University PartnersBrian HalakManaging Partner at Medical Excellence Capital

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