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Samuel Hoffstaetter

Founder

Founder at Short Story

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedShort Story · YC

About

Samuel Hoffstaetter is cofounder and CTO of Short Story. He previously worked at Tower Research and Waymo, and in college cofounded a startup focused on textbook distribution across multiple university campuses.

Founder at Short StoryYC S19

Intro paths

YC

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

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

Short Story's investors · 3

Hyphen CapitalSan FranciscoWedbush VenturesLos Angeles · $1M – $3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Short Story

ISIsabella Sun
Isabella SunFounder

Experience

  1. Short Story (YC S19)Cofounder & Chief Technology Officercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco
  2. WaymoSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2019Mountain View, CA
  3. GoogleSenior Software Engineer, Team Lead2014 — 2018New York City
  4. Tiger Management (Adaptive Management group)Head of Platform2013 — 2014New York City
  5. BitbaseManaging Partner2012 — 2013New York City
  6. Tower Research CapitalSoftware Developer2011 — 2012New York City
  7. SchedulizerChief Technology Officer2008 — 2011
  8. Multiwire LaboratoriesLead Programmer2005 — 2008

Skills & more

Distributed Systems16Machine Learning8Algorithms10Programming6Software Development5Computer Science4Software Design3Scalability3Data Mining1Shell Scripting1Big Data1Artificial Intelligence1
+12 moreObject Oriented DesignSoftware EngineeringRoboticsHaskellClojurePythonJavaC++CJavaScriptLinuxC#

Languages English · German

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Frequently asked questions

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Samuel Hoffstaetter is Founder of Short Story.
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Samuel Hoffstaetter studied at Y Combinator (S19); Cornell University (Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science); Cornell University (B.A., Computer Science).

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