Paul Sawaya
FounderFounder/CTO at Human Interest
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHuman Interest ยท YC
About
Paul Sawaya previously co-founded Human Interest, a Y Combinator S15 company, and is currently working on a project in gaming.
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Founder/CTO at Human InterestYC S15
Intro paths
Paul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) โ any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator โ the partner who ran Human Interest's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile โ
In turn, Paul can intro founders to Human Interest's investors below.
Human Interest's investors ยท 21
Co-founders at Human Interest
Experience
- ๐ฎ Something new in gamingFounder / CEO / Chief Game Designercurrent2023 โ presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Human InterestCo-Founder/CTO2015 โ 2020San Francisco
- MozillaLabs/Identity2011 โ 2013
- MozillaServices Intern2011Mountain View, CA
- Apple Inc.Software Engineering Intern2010Cupertino, CA
- Justin.tvSoftware Engineer Intern2009San Francisco, CA
- BloombergFinancial Software Developer Intern2008New York, NY
Education
- Y Combinator2015
- Hampshire College2009 โ 2011
- Boston University2006 โ 2008
- Riverhead High School
Skills & more
From Paul's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,466
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Also attended Hampshire College5
Also attended Boston University204
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Shared employers
Also worked at Human Interest6
Also worked at Apple Inc.295
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Also worked at Bloomberg95
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