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Samuel Brashears

Founder

Founder at DryMerge

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDryMerge · YC

About

Samuel Brashears is the CTO of DryMerge, having previously held technical roles at Cerebras Systems and Hive AI.

Founder at DryMergeYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Samuel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran DryMerge's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Samuel can intro founders to DryMerge's investors below.

DryMerge's investors · 2

Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

  1. DryMergeCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. HiveSoftware Engineer2023
  3. Cerebras SystemsSoftware Engineer Intern2021 — 2022Sunnyvale, California, United States
  4. MuukLabsSoftware Engineer Intern2021San Jose, California, United States

Skills & more

Analytical Skills3Communication1Leadership1English2PythonJava17Scala12Engineering3Research3Software Development3Data Analysis2Test Automation2
+12 moreCC++TensorFlowJavaScriptHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)DjangoSQLPandasMicrosoft OfficeGSuiteGitHub

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Samuel Brashears?
Samuel Brashears is the CTO of DryMerge, having previously held technical roles at Cerebras Systems and Hive AI.
Where does Samuel Brashears work?
Samuel Brashears is Founder of DryMerge.
What companies did Samuel Brashears found?
Samuel Brashears founded DryMerge.
Where did Samuel Brashears go to school?
Samuel Brashears studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).

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Also worked at Hive10

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