About
Stefan Faistenauer previously worked as a software engineer and Google APM, and holds a master's degree from Stanford. He is now building superglue, an open source tool for automating data transformation.
Founder at superglueYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Stefan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran superglue's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Stefan can intro founders to superglue's investors below.
superglue's investors · 2
Co-founders at superglue
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Adina GoerresFounder
Experience
- superglue (YC W25)Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- GoogleAssociate Product Manager2022 — 2023
- Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant2020 — 2022
- luminovo.aiGrowth Manager2019
- BMW GroupSoftware Engineer2017
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stefan Faistenauer?
- Stefan Faistenauer previously worked as a software engineer and Google APM, and holds a master's degree from Stanford. He is now building superglue, an open source tool for automating data transformation.
- Where does Stefan Faistenauer work?
- Stefan Faistenauer is Founder of superglue.
- What companies did Stefan Faistenauer found?
- Stefan Faistenauer founded superglue.
- Where did Stefan Faistenauer go to school?
- Stefan Faistenauer studied at Stanford University (Master of Science, Management Science and Engineering); Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Technology Management); Technical University of Munich (Bachelor of Science, Management and Technology).
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