About
Sam Kramer spent six years at Palantir working across product and business development roles, including infrastructure troubleshooting and customer relationships.
Founder at InvariaYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Sam went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Sam can intro founders to Invaria's investors below.
Invaria's investors · 1
Co-founders at Invaria
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Ben HallFounder
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Alex MaassFounder
Experience
- OpenAIForward Deployed Software Engineercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- invaria (YC S24)Co-Founder2024London Area, United Kingdom
- Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2017 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
- CA TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Intern2015 — 2017Fort Collins, Colorado Area
- Bounce SoftwareSoftware Engineering Intern2014 — 2015
- Colorado State UniversityIT Technician2014
- City of Glenwood SpringsI.S./Broadband Intern2014
Skills & more
Systems EngineeringDisaster RecoveryCloud ComputingCassandraKubernetesDistributed SystemsSoftware Engineering9Software Development9Web Development5Web Design5Programming5Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)DatabasesJavaPHPSQLMySQLJavaScriptPhotoshopAdobe FireworksLinuxWindowsC++Languages English
- Executive Communication & Influence for Senior ICs and Managers — Maven
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Kramer?
- Sam Kramer spent six years at Palantir working across product and business development roles, including infrastructure troubleshooting and customer relationships.
- Where does Sam Kramer work?
- Sam Kramer is Founder of Invaria.
- What companies did Sam Kramer found?
- Sam Kramer founded Invaria.
- Where did Sam Kramer go to school?
- Sam Kramer studied at Colorado State University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Glenwood Springs High School.
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