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Paul KwanunlockedJochen: together at Stanford University (2023)
×9Jochen: together at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Jochen: together at Stanford University
Jochen: together at Technical University of Munich
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.
Founder at SitefireYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Jochen 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 Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sitefire's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jochen can intro founders to Sitefire's investors below.
Sitefire's investors · 1
Co-founders at Sitefire
VJ
Vincent JeltschFounder
Experience
- SitefireCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- pulse EnergyCo-Founder, CEO2025
- Business Analytics & Intelligent Systems Group TUMPhD Candidate | Optimization & Machine Learning2024 — 2025Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Stanford UniversityVisiting Researcher | Power Systems Simulation2023Stanford, California, United States
- Fraunhofer FITResearch Assistant | Energy Markets2022 — 2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- equationInternship | Venture Capital2021 — 2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- E.ONInnovation Project | E.ON Future Lab2020 — 2021Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Global Strategy Group, by KPMGInternship | Deal Advisory2019Munich
- Technische Universität MünchenStudent assistant | Chair of Economics2017 — 2018Munich
- Webasto GroupInternship | Global Manufacturing Engineering2015 — 2016Stockdorf
Skills & more
NI LabVIEW2Java6MS Office8
Languages English · German · Norwegian
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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 Founder of Sitefire.
- What companies did Jochen Madler found?
- Jochen Madler founded Sitefire.
- Where did Jochen Madler go to school?
- Jochen Madler studied at Y Combinator; Technical University of Munich (M.Sc. with honors, Finance and Information Management (FIM)); Technical University of Munich (M.Sc. Management and Technology (MMT)).
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) mafia43
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sitefire1
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