About
Tim Su is the CTO at Distill, a company that develops tools using natural language to help users find and research prospects, candidates, and connections across platforms. He has previously served as CTO at other companies and has worked on products focused on organization, collaboration, and connection.
Founder at TandemYC S19
Intro paths
YC
Tim went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Tandem's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tim can intro founders to Tandem's investors below.
Tandem's investors · 5
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Co-founders at Tandem
RA
Rajiv AyyangarFounder
BF
Bernat Fortet UnanueFounder
Experience
- DistillCTOcurrent2024 — present
- DraftMailDataCat, LLCExploring Ideas2022 — 2024
- TandemCo-Founder / CTO2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- YahooDirector, Search and Mobile Products2013 — 2017Sunnyvale, CA
- Astrid & Co.Co-Founder / CTO2010 — 2013San Francisco, CA
- Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer, Palantir Finance2008 — 2010Palo Alto, CA
- Stanford UniversityUndergraduate Research Assistant, STAR Lab2005 — 2008Stanford, CA
Skills & more
Mobile Devices6Memcached1Programming5Scalability9Web Development4Software Design6User Experience5Distributed Systems3Software Development20Android26Java17Ruby8
+9 more
GitC++CCSSJavaScriptHTMLMySQLRuby on RailsSpringLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tim Su?
- Tim Su is the CTO at Distill, a company that develops tools using natural language to help users find and research prospects, candidates, and connections across platforms. He has previously served as CTO at other companies and has worked on products focused on organization, collaboration, and connection.
- Where does Tim Su work?
- Tim Su is Founder of Tandem.
- What companies did Tim Su found?
- Tim Su founded Tandem.
- Where did Tim Su go to school?
- Tim Su studied at Stanford University (BS, Electrical Engineering); Y Combinator (S19); Stanford University (MS, Electrical Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia9,496
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Hotspots
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Y Combinator mafia5,145
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Stanford University mafia1,326
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Peter ThielJ.D.Founded PayPal +1Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +2David SacksB.A.Founded YammerKeith RaboisB.A.Founded OpendoorGarry TanBSFounded Y Combinator +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +5
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tandem5
Also worked at Yahoo377
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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Also worked at Astrid & Co.1
Also worked at Palantir Technologies249
Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparTrae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilTarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures
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