Where does Paul Butler work?

Paul Butler is Founder of Drifting In Space and Founder at Jamsocket.

What companies did Paul Butler found?

Paul Butler founded Drifting In Space, Jamsocket.

Where did Paul Butler go to school?

Paul Butler studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Math, Math and computer science).

Paul Butler

Founder

Founder at Drifting In Space · Founder at Jamsocket

New York, New York, United States

FoundedDrifting In Space Jamsocket · YC

Find your path to Paul

174 people in our graph share verified history with Paul — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex KolicichunlockedPaul: together at University of Waterloo (2007–2008)

×4Paul: together at Two Sigma

×7Paul: together at University of Waterloo

About

Paul Butler worked as a software engineer at Google on search infrastructure, served as a quantitative analyst at Two Sigma, and led botnet detection efforts at an adtech startup. He is building Drifting in Space.

Founder at Drifting In Space

Intro paths

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In turn, Paul can intro founders to Drifting In Space's investors below.

Drifting In Space's investors · 2

Garage CapitalWaterloo · since 2022 Wayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Drifting In Space

Taylor BaldwinExecutive Officer, Director

Founder at Jamsocket YC W22

Intro paths

Paul went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Jamsocket's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Paul can intro founders to Jamsocket's investors below.

Jamsocket's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Jamsocket

Taylor BaldwinFounder

Experience

ModalMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
JamsocketFounder2021 — 2025New York, United States
Two SigmaQuantitative Analyst2016 — 2021
GoogleSoftware Engineer2014 — 2016New York, United States

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paul Butler?: Paul Butler worked as a software engineer at Google on search infrastructure, served as a quantitative analyst at Two Sigma, and led botnet detection efforts at an adtech startup. He is building Drifting in Space.
Where does Paul Butler work?: Paul Butler is Founder of Drifting In Space and Founder at Jamsocket.
What companies did Paul Butler found?: Paul Butler founded Drifting In Space, Jamsocket.
Where did Paul Butler go to school?: Paul Butler studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Math, Math and computer science).