Manu Ebert
FounderFounder at Hyperspell
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHyperspell · YC
About
Manu Ebert is a founder with experience across multiple startups, including two exits, and 15 years of work in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Founder at HyperspellYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Manu 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Hyperspell's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Manu can intro founders to Hyperspell's investors below.
Hyperspell's investors · 9
Draper B1Madrid · $1.1M – $2.2M checksFjor FoundersLos AngelesImagination CapitalNew York · $100K – $150K checksMento vcOlive Tree CapitalBostonPerceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcLaguna BeachScribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M checksSeaplane VenturesAustinY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Hyperspell
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Conor Brennan-BurkeFounder
Experience
- HyperspellFoundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Afore CapitalFounder in Residence2024San Francisco Bay Area
- HeartRithmFounder, CTO2020 — 2023
- PlentyFounder, CEO2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- On DeckFellow2019San Francisco Bay Area
- The Most Dangerous Writing AppFounder2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbTechnical Lead2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- summer.aiFounding Partner2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- der FreitagSilicon Valley Correspondent2015 — 2017San Francisco, California
- Hey Inc.Engineering Manager2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Hey Inc.Product Generalist2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Universitat Pompeu FabraResearch Scientist2011 — 2012Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area
- EyeQuantMachine Learning Consultant2010 — 2011
- Universität OsnabrückResearch Scientist2011Osnabrück Land
Skills & more
Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceUser ExperienceHuman Computer Interaction25NeuropsychologyComputational LinguisticsStatistical ModelingCognitive NeuroscienceNeuroscience17User-centered Design13Cognitive Science11Usability8
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ProgrammingWeb DevelopmentUser Interface DesignWeb DesignExperimental DesignCognitive PsychologyComputer SciencePsychophysicsPythonJavaScriptLaTeXCSSLanguages English · German · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Manu Ebert?
- Manu Ebert is a founder with experience across multiple startups, including two exits, and 15 years of work in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
- Where does Manu Ebert work?
- Manu Ebert is Founder of Hyperspell.
- What companies did Manu Ebert found?
- Manu Ebert founded Hyperspell.
- Where did Manu Ebert go to school?
- Manu Ebert studied at Y Combinator (F25); Universität Osnabrück (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Cognitive Neuroscience); Universität Osnabrück (Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science).
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