About
Yoav Zimmerman founded Trendpop, a YC-backed media/entertainment company that reached $1M+ ARR with clients including Universal Music Group and MrBeast, before starting Third Chair. He previously worked on machine learning at Google and early-stage AI ventures.
Yoav Zimmerman @yoavz_
No substitute for grinding out cold outreach. Something non-intuitive I’ve noticed about cold outreach: AI makes it harder, not easier. The people you want to reach are getting 10-100x more messages today of “personalized” outreach because of AI — it’s harder than ever to https://t.co/Weh0NG1HMg
Jun 17, 2026 · ♥ 3
Yoav Zimmerman @yoavz_
the switching costs is way lower than vim vs emacs
Apr 25, 2026 · ♥ 4
Yoav Zimmerman @yoavz_
frontier model debate right now (opus 4.7 vs gpt 5.5) reminds me of “vim vs emacs” the answer is: they’re about the same for 95% of coding use cases, so find one that works for you, stop procrastinating, and go build things.
Apr 25, 2026 · ♥ 3
Founder at Third ChairYC X25
Intro paths
Yoav went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Third Chair's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Yoav can intro founders to Third Chair's investors below.
Third Chair's investors · 2
Co-founders at Third Chair
