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Ruben Fiszel

Founder

Founder at Windmill

Paris, Île-de-France, France

FoundedWindmill · YC

About

Ruben studied computer science at EPFL and conducted research on compiler design at Stanford. He has experience building distributed systems at Palantir, leading engineering at a multi-party computation startup, and contributing open-source projects. He now leads Windmill, an open-source workflow automation platform.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at WindmillYC S22

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

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In turn, Ruben can intro founders to Windmill's investors below.

Windmill's investors · 5

Founder CollectiveInspired CapitalOceans VenturesPrimary Venture PartnersY Combinator

Experience

  1. WindmillFoundercurrent2021 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  2. The Forecasting CompanyAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
  3. MetriportAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
  4. DepotAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
  5. LagoAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
  6. InpherSoftware Engineering Lead2019 — 2022
  7. Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2017 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
  8. Skymind.io - Deep learning for IndustrySoftware Engineer Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Y Combinator2022
  2. Stanford UniversityVisiting Student Researcher, CS2017
  3. EPFLMaster of Science, Computer Science2015 — 2017
  4. The Johns Hopkins UniversityExchange Program, Computer Science2014 — 2015
  5. EPFLBachelor's degree, Computer Science2011 — 2015

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Stanford University mafia721

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionAnsuman SatpathyAssistant ProfessorFounded Santa Ana Bio +2Dan SirokerB.S.Founded Limitless +2

+ 714 more

The Johns Hopkins University mafia50

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Merrill AnovickB.A. with HonorsFounded Lynd Clinical +1Ralph GooteeM.S. Applied MathematicsFounded TigerEye +1Kanishk ParasharBSFounded Powder +1Thomas MargeMaster's degreeFounded Rewbi +1David NarrowMSEFounded SonavexRanjeet BhatiaMAFounded Agilyx

+ 43 more

EPFL mafia42

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ravi JainInternshipFounded GenylabsVeronica Gambillara FonckPhDFounded GlycoEraMoe AdhamMScFounded BitaccessDaniel YanisseM.ScFounded CheckrShubham BansalMaster of Science (M.S.)Founded Swadesi WayJulian EnglertMaster of Science - MSFounded Adaptyv

+ 35 more

Depot mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Chris BrightVice President of RevenueFounded Zapproved

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,994 more

Also attended EPFL91

Bouraux LeopoldAI & Data Engineer at Newfund CapitalJan-Olivier FillolsSenior Managing Director at Marlin Equity PartnersChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgArzu TekirGeneral Partner at Treeo VCLaure BouchezExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTIONElena BattistelloAnalyst at Novartis Venture Fund

+ 85 more

Also attended The Johns Hopkins University250

Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital PartnersDemi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire VenturesCaitlinChief of Staff at Hummingbird VenturesJun JeonInvestor at Khosla VenturesNicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla VenturesElena VibochManaging Director at General Catalyst

+ 244 more

Shared employers

Also worked at The Forecasting Company4

Sarah BenhamouPartner, BGV Europe and Israel at Benhamou Global VenturesEmmanuel Martin-ChaveOperating Partner - Data | Reporting at SamaipataGeoffrey NegiarFounder & CEO at The Forecasting CompanyJoachim FainbergFounder & CTO at The Forecasting Company

Also worked at Metriport3

Dima GoncharovFounder at MetriportColin ElsingaFounder at MetriportJonah KayeFounder at Floracene

Also worked at Lago3

Amir RustamzadehVenture Partner at Firestreak VenturesAnh-Tho ChuongFounder at LagoRaffi SarkissianFounder at Lago

Also worked at Palantir Technologies200

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VCTrae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 194 more