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Paul Buchheit

Co-Founder and General Partner at Standard Capital

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

About

Paul Buchheit created Gmail as Google employee number 23 and coined the company's 'Don't be evil' motto before becoming an angel investor in over 200 startups and a longtime Y Combinator partner. In 2025 he left YC to co-found Standard Capital with Dalton Caldwell, a Series A firm that closed a $425 million debut fund and invests on standardized, founder-friendly terms.

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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Paul Buchheit

Introducing Standard Capital with Dalton Caldwell and Paul Buchheit - YouTube

Standard Capital

Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit On AGI, Open Source Models, Freedom - YouTube

Y Combinator

Paul Buchheit: What traits do startups need to succeed? - YouTube

Y Combinator

The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit - YouTube

Y Combinator

Colleagues at Standard Capital

Bryan Berg
Investor at Standard Capital
Dalton Caldwell
Co-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator

Photo: Robert Scoble from Half Moon Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons ↗