Trevor Blackwell - Founder @ Umbrella Research

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder
Primary Organization
Umbrella Research

Location Mountain View, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Trevor Blackwell was a partner at Y Combinator. He was the CEO of Anybots, where he developed the first dynamically balancing biped robot. He has published papers on congestion control in high-speed wide area networks, signaling protocol architecture, and file system performance.

Together with Paul Graham, Robert Morris, and Jessica Livingston,

he Co-founded Y Combinator in 2019.

Personal Investments

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Seed Round - Adam

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Adam	—	Seed Round - Adam	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Volantis	—	Seed Round - Volantis	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kind Humanoid	—	Pre Seed Round - Kind Humanoid	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Array Labs	—	Seed Round - Array Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Atom	—	Seed Round - Atom	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Stoke Space	—	Seed Round - Stoke Space	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Teleo	—	Seed Round - Teleo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Standard Cyborg	Yes	Seed Round - Standard Cyborg	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Triplebyte	No	Seed Round - Triplebyte	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Swapbox	—	Seed Round - Swapbox	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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Triplebyte

Teleo

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Octopart

Triplebyte Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform for tech companies.
Teleo Teleo provides construction equipment by converting existing fleet into remote-controlled robots.
Octopart Octopart is a vertical search engine enabling users to discover, compare prices and view the specifications of electronic components.
Kind Humanoid We delivers intelligent robots and provides additional labor to build an inspiring tomorrow.

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Trevor Blackwell

is the

Founder

Umbrella Research

. Additionally,

Trevor Blackwell

has had

past jobs including

Co-Founder and Partner

Y Combinator

Umbrella Research Founder2001

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Y Combinator	Co-Founder and Partner	May 1, 2005	May 2020
OpenAI	Founder and Researcher	Jan 2016	May 2017
Anybots	CEO	May 2001	Mar 2012
Anybots	Founder	—	Mar 2012
Yahoo! Small Business	Co-Founder	1998	2001

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