Luis Paarup
FounderFounder at HappyRobot
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHappyRobot · YC
About
Luis Paarup is a co-founder of HappyRobot, which develops AI agents designed to conduct phone conversations.
Founder at HappyRobotYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Luis went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran HappyRobot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Luis can intro founders to HappyRobot's investors below.
HappyRobot's investors · 8
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025Array Ventures Management LlcSan Francisco · $1.5M checks · since 2025Baobab VenturesBarcelonaBase10 PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025SignalRankWorld Innovation LabPalo Alto · since 2025World Innovation Lab (WiL)Palo Alto · $5M – $30M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at HappyRobot
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Pablo PalafoxFounder
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Javier PalafoxFounder
Experience
- HappyRobotCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Hewlett Packard EnterpriseCloud Orchestration Solution Architect2020 — 2022Madrid
- EYData Scientist2019 — 2020Madrid Area, Spain
- TECNALIA Research & InnovationAutomated Driving Research Engineer2018 — 2019Bilbao y alrededores, España
- Robdos Team Underwater RoboticsProject Manager and Commercial Director2015 — 2018ETSI Navales
- Robdos Team Underwater RoboticsArtificial Intelligence Researcher2014 — 2015ETSI Navales
- IPB SystemsSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017Carretera Fuencarral 44, Alcobendas, Madrid
Skills & more
PythonCloud Computing46Artificial Intelligence (AI)36Investigation12Engineering17Robotics13Machine Learning3Computer Vision3C++8Linux3Java3SQL2
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NoSQLTeamworkEnglishGermanInnovation DevelopmentSelf-confidenceROSSelf LearningDanishDevOpsREST APIsLanguages Danish · English · German · Italian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luis Paarup?
- Luis Paarup is a co-founder of HappyRobot, which develops AI agents designed to conduct phone conversations.
- Where does Luis Paarup work?
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- Luis Paarup founded HappyRobot.
- Where did Luis Paarup go to school?
- Luis Paarup studied at Technical University of Munich (Master - Industrial Engineering (2nd year), Ingeniería); CFA Institute (Level II Passed, Finance); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Master - Industrial Engineering, Ingeniería).
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