About
Yonatan Bergman builds the systems that carry people through the worst week of their lives. He co-founded Empathy in 2020 with Ron Gura, his collaborator across more than a decade and three companies, and as chief technology officer built the platform that now reaches close to 50 million people, works with eight of the ten largest US life insurers, and handles roughly one in five American life insurance claims beyond the payout — on $162 million raised. He had already done the hardest kind of scaling: at WeWork he was vice-president of engineering, growing a team of three into a 250-person global research and development centre with groups in Tel Aviv, Singapore and New York. He and Gura first worked together at The Gifts Project, where he was a senior engineer and an early advocate of test-driven development, and which eBay acquired in 2011; he went on to lead engineering teams at eBay and mobile engineering at PayPal.
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- Was vice-president of engineering at WeWork, growing a team of three into a 250-person global research and development centre across Tel Aviv, Singapore and New York. First worked with Gura at The Gifts Project, where he was a senior engineer and an advocate of test-driven development; eBay acquired the company in 2011. Led engineering teams at eBay after the acquisition, and mobile engineering at PayPal.
From Yonatan's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Co-founder & CTO at Empathy
Intro paths
In turn, Yonatan can intro founders to Empathy's investors below.
Empathy's investors · 16
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Co-founders at Empathy
Lead Software Engineer, then Engineering Manager at eBay
Intro paths
In turn, Yonatan can intro founders to eBay's investors below.
eBay's investors · 3
Co-founders at eBay
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yonatan Bergman?
- Yonatan Bergman builds the systems that carry people through the worst week of their lives. He co-founded Empathy in 2020 with Ron Gura, his collaborator across more than a decade and three companies, and as chief technology officer built the platform that now reaches close to 50 million people, works with eight of the ten largest US life insurers, and handles roughly one in five American life insurance claims beyond the payout — on $162 million raised. He had already done the hardest kind of scaling: at WeWork he was vice-president of engineering, growing a team of three into a 250-person global research and development centre with groups in Tel Aviv, Singapore and New York. He and Gura first worked together at The Gifts Project, where he was a senior engineer and an early advocate of test-driven development, and which eBay acquired in 2011; he went on to lead engineering teams at eBay and mobile engineering at PayPal.
- Where does Yonatan Bergman work?
- Yonatan Bergman is Co-founder & CTO of Empathy and Lead Software Engineer, then Engineering Manager at eBay.
- What companies did Yonatan Bergman found?
- Yonatan Bergman founded Empathy.
Paths to reach Yonatan
People who overlapped with Yonatan at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
Together at EmpathyYonatan: Co-founder & CTO
Together at eBayYonatan: Lead Software Engineer, then Engineering Manager
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