About
John Horton is a co-founder of Expected Parrot and a professor at MIT Sloan with a background in economics and prior military service as an Army officer.
Founder at Expected ParrotYC F25
Intro paths
YC
John went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Expected Parrot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, John can intro founders to Expected Parrot's investors below.
Expected Parrot's investors · 2
Co-founders at Expected Parrot
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Robin HortonCo-Founder & CEO
Experience
- Expected ParrotCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MicrosoftConsulting Researchercurrent2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementAssociate Professor (with tenure)2023 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementAssociate Professor2021 — 2023
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementAssistant Professor2019 — 2023Cambridge, MA
- NYU Stern School of BusinessAssistant Professor2013 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- UberVisiting Economist2015San Francisco Bay Area
- oDeskStaff Economist2011 — 2013
- Harvard UniversityGraduate Student in Public Policy2006 — 2011
- US ArmyTank Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer2001 — 2006
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)2R25Python11SQL6LaTeX11Mathematica2Stata14Economics27Labor Economics27Econometrics28Data Science3Crowdsourcing8
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Horton?
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- Where does John Horton work?
- John Horton is Founder of Expected Parrot.
- What companies did John Horton found?
- John Horton founded Expected Parrot.
- Where did John Horton go to school?
- John Horton studied at Harvard University (PhD, Public Policy); United States Military Academy at West Point (BS, Mathematics and Computer Science (minor)).
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