Where does Steve Bartel work?

Steve Bartel is CEO & Co-Founder of Gem.

Where did Steve Bartel go to school?

Steve Bartel studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).

Steve Bartel

Unicorn founder

CEO & Co-Founder at Gem

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedGem$1.2B · YC

About

Steve Bartel is the founder and CEO of Gem, an AI-powered recruiting platform that combines applicant tracking, CRM, sourcing, analytics, interview scheduling, and related tools. Before founding Gem, he was an early engineer at Dropbox, where he led engineering teams and focused on recruiting during the company's growth from 25 to 1,500 employees. Gem has raised $150 million from investors including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, Meritech, and Y Combinator, and its customers include Cisco, Google, OpenAI, Airbnb, and Stripe.

CEO & Co-Founder at Gem YC S17

Intro paths

Steve went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

→

In turn, Steve can intro founders to Gem's investors below.

Gem's investors · 9

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks Glasswing VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checks Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks ICONIQSan Francisco ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks ICONIQ GrowthSan Francisco Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks Teamworthy VenturesNew York Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Gem

Steven BartelFounder/CEO

Nick BushakCo-Founder & CTO (per Greylock portfolio page; not listed on Gem's current 2026 'About' leadership page)

Experience

GemFounder / CEOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Self-employedAngel Investor & Advisorcurrent2012 — present
DropboxEngineering Manager2010 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2010Palo Alto, California
Blizzard EntertainmentSoftware Engineering Intern2009Irvine

Skills & more

Recruiting71Management62Hiring45Analytics15Startups4Leadership3Software Engineering32Python18Distributed Systems12Algorithms11Hadoop5Machine Learning6

+4 more

Big DataScalabilityArtificial IntelligenceSoftware Development

From Steve's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Steve Bartel?: Steve Bartel is the founder and CEO of Gem, an AI-powered recruiting platform that combines applicant tracking, CRM, sourcing, analytics, interview scheduling, and related tools. Before founding Gem, he was an early engineer at Dropbox, where he led engineering teams and focused on recruiting during the company's growth from 25 to 1,500 employees. Gem has raised $150 million from investors including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, Meritech, and Y Combinator, and its customers include Cisco, Google, OpenAI, Airbnb, and Stripe.
Where does Steve Bartel work?: Steve Bartel is CEO & Co-Founder of Gem.
What companies did Steve Bartel found?: Steve Bartel founded Gem.
Where did Steve Bartel go to school?: Steve Bartel studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).