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About
Jochen Madler is co-founder and CEO of Sitefire. He studied finance in Germany and completed graduate work in reinforcement learning and optimization at Stanford, followed by a PhD from the Technical University Munich.
CEO at SitefireYC W26
Intro paths
Jochen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sitefire's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Jochen can intro founders to Sitefire's investors below.
Sitefire's investors · 2
Co-founders at Sitefire
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jochen Madler?
- Jochen Madler is co-founder and CEO of Sitefire. He studied finance in Germany and completed graduate work in reinforcement learning and optimization at Stanford, followed by a PhD from the Technical University Munich.
- Where does Jochen Madler work?
- Jochen Madler is CEO of Sitefire.
- What companies did Jochen Madler found?
- Jochen Madler founded Sitefire.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Stanford University mafia2,290
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) mafia74
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