About
Moritz Stephan is the founder of Mine, which offers AI-powered financial products including a credit-building debit card and financial advisory tools. He previously founded Fizz, a Y Combinator-backed company from the S21 cohort.
Founder at MineYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Moritz went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mine's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Moritz can intro founders to Mine's investors below.
Mine's investors · 4
Co-founders at Mine
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Moritz PailFounder
Experience
- CognitionHuman Software Engineercurrent2024 — present
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)Undergraduate Research Assistant2021 — 2024Stanford, California, United States
- Trunk Tools, Inc.Research Engineer2023
- Trunk Tools, Inc.Product Manager2022 — 2023
- Fizz (YC S21)Advisor2021 — 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Fizz (YC S21)Co-Founder2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Team TumbleweedCo-Founder2016 — 2020Vienna, Austria
- Österreichisches Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces)Software Developer (Military Service)2018 — 2019Vienna, Austria
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science (AI)2023 — 2024
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - B.S., Computer Science (Theory)2019 — 2024
- Y CombinatorS21
- The Masters School2015 — 2016
- Sir Karl Popper Schule2014 — 2018
Skills & more
Project management11Research8Deep Learning10Robotic SystemsSystem DesignMachine Learning1Software DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureEntrepreneurship1Start-ups1Business Process DesignData Analysis
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PythonEmbedded SystemsCLinuxGitSQLRESTDatabasesNatural Language Processing3D-PrintingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Neural NetworksFrom Moritz's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,767
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Y Combinator1,476
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cognition14
Kira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorBryan GertzogPartner at StripesAaref HilalyPartner at Bain Capital VenturesRak GargPartner at Bain Capital VenturesChristian LawlessGeneral Partner at Conversion Capital
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Also worked at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)10
Jay YuInvestment Analyst at Pantera CapitalAndrew YingInvestor at GreycroftIrving HsuInvestor at Mayfield FundAdriel SaportaVenture Fellow at SHAKTIRob HarriesSoftware Engineer at Rocketship.vcSherman LeungAdvisor at Andreessen Horowitz
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