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Phillip Wang

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Founder at Gather

United States

FoundedGather · YC

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About

Phillip Wang is Director of Product Management at Figma, where he serves as Head of Product for Figma Make. His work focuses on the intersection of purpose and artificial intelligence, including efforts to make work more closely resemble play.

Founder at GatherYC S19

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YC

Phillip went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Gather's investors · 7

HaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2026Next Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksPeterson Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $5M – $25M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2026Winslow CapitalMinneapolisY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Gather

KJKumail Jaffer
Kumail JafferFounder

Experience

  1. FigmaDirector of Product Managementcurrent2026 — present
  2. GatherAdvisor and Board Membercurrent2026 — present
  3. GatherCEO/Co-Founder2020 — 2026
  4. SiempreCo-Founder2019 — 2020San Bruno, California, United States
  5. Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearcher2016 — 2020
  6. FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2018New York
  7. Cruise AutomationComputer Vision Engineer Intern2017San Francisco, California
  8. MicrosoftMachine Learning Engineer Intern2015 — 2016

Skills & more

Languages Chinese (Simplified) · English · Spanish

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Investments

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Simple AI

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Phillip Wang?
Phillip Wang is Director of Product Management at Figma, where he serves as Head of Product for Figma Make. His work focuses on the intersection of purpose and artificial intelligence, including efforts to make work more closely resemble play.
Where does Phillip Wang work?
Phillip Wang is Founder of Gather.
What companies did Phillip Wang found?
Phillip Wang founded Gather.
What companies has Phillip Wang invested in?
Investments tracked here include Simple AI.
Where did Phillip Wang go to school?
Phillip Wang studied at Carnegie Mellon University (School of Computer Science); Newport High School.

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