Where does Paula Gutierrez work?

Paula Gutierrez is Founder of Selfin.

What companies did Paula Gutierrez found?

Paula Gutierrez founded Selfin.

Where did Paula Gutierrez go to school?

Paula Gutierrez studied at Imperial College London (Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace); University of California, Berkeley (Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace).

Paula Gutierrez

Founder

Founder at Selfin

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSelfin · YC

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Arhaan A.unlockedPaula: together at University of California, Berkeley (2023–2024)

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×2Paula: together at University of California, Berkeley

About

Paula Gutierrez studied aerospace at Imperial College, MIT, and UC Berkeley. She has worked as a quantitative analyst at Bank of America and NASA, as an engineer at Rolls Royce, and as a software engineer at several startups.

Founder at Selfin YC F25

Intro paths

Paula went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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 Selfin's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Paula can intro founders to Selfin's investors below.

Selfin's investors · 2

Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Selfin

Joel Tomas PimentelFounder

Experience

Selfin (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Bank of AmericaQuantitative Analyst2025London Area, United Kingdom
NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAerothermodynamics Engineer2024Los Angeles, California, United States
Rolls-RoyceSummer Intern2024Derby, England, United Kingdom
University of California, BerkeleyCFD Engineer at Flow Lab2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAerodynamics researcher at Hypersonic Research Lab2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ClearSpaceSoftware engineer2022Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
MagdriveSoftware Engineer2022Didcot, England, United Kingdom
Consejo Superior de DeportesHigh Performance Athlete, RFETM2011 — 2022

Skills & more

LeadershipTeamwork4Generative Neural Networks1Python (Programming Language)PyTorchConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)PINNMachine Learning1Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)4SolidWorks7Star-CCM+2OpenFOAM

+12 more

MatlabDeep LearningComputer-Aided Design (CAD)AerodynamicsLinuxC++Aerospace EngineeringAutodesk Fusion 360AbaqusHTMLSimulinkJavaScript

Languages Alemán · Español · Francés · Inglés

JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Quantitative Research Job Simulation — J.P. Morgan
ESA Grand Prix: Winner of Student Aerospace Challenge — European Space Agency - ESA
SuperNova 2023: Best Spanish Student Under 25 — Nova
Deportista de Alto Rendimiento — Ministerio de Cultura
IELTS — Cambridge English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Paula Gutierrez?: Paula Gutierrez studied aerospace at Imperial College, MIT, and UC Berkeley. She has worked as a quantitative analyst at Bank of America and NASA, as an engineer at Rolls Royce, and as a software engineer at several startups.
Where does Paula Gutierrez work?: Paula Gutierrez is Founder of Selfin.
What companies did Paula Gutierrez found?: Paula Gutierrez founded Selfin.
Where did Paula Gutierrez go to school?: Paula Gutierrez studied at Imperial College London (Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace); University of California, Berkeley (Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace).