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Samuel Hoffstaetter

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Founder at Short Story

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedShort Story · YC

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63 people in our graph share verified history with Samuel — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Renee ShahunlockedSamuel: together at Waymo (2018–2019)
×7Samuel: together at Waymo
×4Samuel: together at Tiger Management (Adaptive Management group)

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

Who is Samuel Hoffstaetter?
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.
Where does Samuel Hoffstaetter work?
Samuel Hoffstaetter is Founder of Short Story.
What companies did Samuel Hoffstaetter found?
Samuel Hoffstaetter founded Short Story.
Where did Samuel Hoffstaetter go to school?
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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