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Robin Horton

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at Expected Parrot

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

FoundedExpected Parrot · YC

About

Robin Horton founded Expected Parrot after establishing Uber's Legal Data team and spending seven years in cross-functional data reporting. Earlier, Horton worked as a tax and investment funds attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP, served as an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts on environmental and white-collar crime cases, and managed simulations contracts at Northrop Grumman; he holds a JD from Harvard and a BA in Mathematics from Columbia.

Co-Founder & CEO at Expected ParrotYC F25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Expected Parrot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Robin can intro founders to Expected Parrot's investors below.

Expected Parrot's investors · 2

Bloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Expected Parrot

JHJohn Horton
John HortonFounder

Experience

  1. Expected Parrot, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
  2. UberRegulatory Policy & Legal Data2015 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Ropes & Gray LLPTax & Corporate Associate2010 — 2014Boston, MA & Palo Alto, CA
  4. Office of the Attorney GeneralAssistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau2009 — 2010Boston, MA

Skills & more

Data Analysis4Databases5Python1R2SQL2PostgreSQL1SQLite1Ruby1Heroku1HTML1CSS1Git1
+2 moreGithubLegal Research
  • Member of the Massachusetts Bar
  • Member of the California Bar

From Robin's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Robin Horton?
Robin Horton founded Expected Parrot after establishing Uber's Legal Data team and spending seven years in cross-functional data reporting. Earlier, Horton worked as a tax and investment funds attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP, served as an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts on environmental and white-collar crime cases, and managed simulations contracts at Northrop Grumman; he holds a JD from Harvard and a BA in Mathematics from Columbia.
Where does Robin Horton work?
Robin Horton is Co-Founder & CEO of Expected Parrot.
What companies did Robin Horton found?
Robin Horton founded Expected Parrot.
Where did Robin Horton go to school?
Robin Horton studied at Harvard Law School (J.D.); Columbia College, Columbia University (B.A., Mathematics).

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