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Co-founder and General Partner of Standard Capital and Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator. At Google, created Gmail and the AdSense prototype. Co-founded FriendFeed in 2007, acquired by Facebook in 2009. Holds computer science degrees from Case Western Reserve University. Earlier personal investment records are distinct from Standard Capital investments.
- Current affiliation
- Y Combinator · Partner Emeritus
- Investment range
- $150K – $150K
- Sweet spot
- $150K
- Investments on record
- 111
Investments
| $14M2026-07 | Weave | Paul Buchheit, Jared Friedman |
| $10M2026-04 | BuildForever | Scott Belsky, Paul Buchheit |
| $12M2026-01 | Concourse | Paul Buchheit |
| $7M2025-11 | Sim | Paul Buchheit, Ali Rowghani |
| $10M2023-07 | SiPhox Health | Paul Buchheit |
| $26M2023-03 | Perplexity | Paul Buchheit |
| $80K2023-01 | Character.ai | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2022-11 | Cityfurnish | Paul Buchheit |
| $60M2022-06 | Let�s Do This | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2022-01 | dNovo Bio | Paul Buchheit |
| $7M2021-06 | Gotrade | Paul Buchheit |
| $13M2021-02 | Titan | Kevin Hartz, Paul Buchheit, Katherine Boyle |
| $12M2020-11 | Eclipse Foods | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2020-10 | Nabis | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2020-08 | ANA Therapeutics | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2020-06 | Aerones | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2020-06 | Jupiter | Evan Moore, Paul Buchheit, Pete Flint |
| $3M2020-04 | Aesthetic | Paul Buchheit, Geoff Ralston |
| $1M2020-03 | Breadfast | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2020-03 | Microverse | Kevin Hartz, Paul Buchheit, Niko Bonatsos |
| $3M2020-02 | Microverse | Paul Buchheit, Niko Bonatsos |
| $8M2019-12 | Embrace | Paul Buchheit, Andrew Miklas, Sriram Krishnan |
| $40M2019-12 | Gecko Robotics | Paul Buchheit, Deep Nishar |
| $2M2019-10 | Rune | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2019-10 | Flockjay | Alex Taussig, Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2019-09 | Let�s Do This | Paul Buchheit |
| $6M2019-06 | Tenderd | Paul Buchheit |
| $8M2019-06 | Nowports | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2019-06 | Cityfurnish | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2019-06 | Abacus.AI | Eric Schmidt, Paul Buchheit, Deep Nishar |
| $5M2019-05 | Handle | Paul Buchheit |
| $1M2019-05 | Paladin Drones | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2019-04 | Nabis | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2019-04 | Eclipse Foods | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2019-03 | Unima | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2019-01 | Point Card | Paul Buchheit |
| $21M2018-10 | Fazz | Paul Buchheit, Michael Seibel |
| $3M2018-10 | Titan | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2018-09 | Mutiny | Paul Buchheit, Bogomil Balkansky |
| $5M2018-08 | Mayhem | Paul Buchheit |
| $—2018-07 | Send Reality | Paul Buchheit |
| $8M2018-06 | Veriff | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2018-06 | Universe | Paul Buchheit, Louis Beryl |
| $2M2018-04 | CoinTracker | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2018-03 | California Dreamin | Paul Buchheit |
| $1M2018-03 | LUS Brands | Paul Buchheit |
| $—2018-02 | Swayable | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2018-02 | BloomTech | Ryan Petersen, Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2018-01 | Avro | Seth Bannon, Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2017-11 | Fat Llama | Paul Buchheit |
| $10M2017-10 | Drivezy | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2017-09 | Lively | Paul Buchheit |
| $120K2017-08 | Caelum Health | Paul Buchheit |
| $1M2017-07 | The Mednet | Paul Buchheit, Lee Linden |
| $2M2017-07 | lvl5 | Paul Buchheit |
| $16M2017-06 | HelloSign | Keith Rabois, Paul Buchheit |
| $1M2017-05 | Supr Daily | Paul Buchheit |
| $7M2017-04 | Brex | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2017-04 | Riley | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2017-04 | DocTalk | Paul Buchheit, Neeraj Arora |
| $490K2017-04 | Meter Feeder | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2017-03 | Netomi | Paul Buchheit, Jonathan Struhl |
| $1M2017-03 | Bountiful | Paul Buchheit |
| $7M2017-02 | Replenish | Greg Brockman, Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2016-12 | PatientBank | Paul Buchheit, Louis Beryl |
| $4M2016-12 | Starcity | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2016-11 | Drivezy | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2016-09 | Validere | Paul Buchheit, Ali Rowghani |
| $2M2016-08 | Superside | Paul Buchheit, Geoff Ralston |
| $2M2016-08 | Iris Automation | Paul Buchheit, Geoff Ralston |
| $1M2016-08 | Upgraded | Greg Brockman, Paul Buchheit, Khaled Helioui |
| $3M2016-04 | Wheelys Caf� | Paul Buchheit |
| $1M2016-03 | X-ZELL | Paul Buchheit |
| $—2016-03 | Luminist | Paul Buchheit |
| $25M2016-03 | Science Exchange | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2016-02 | VIVE Style | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2016-02 | Kimono Labs | Ryan Petersen, Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2016-02 | Human Interest | Greg Brockman, Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2015-11 | Circle Medical | Paul Buchheit, Louis Beryl |
| $200K2015-11 | X-ZELL | Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2015-10 | Seed | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2015-09 | Bluecrew | Paul Buchheit |
| $—2015-09 | zPREDICTA | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2015-09 | Triplebyte | Greg Brockman, Paul Buchheit, Geoff Ralston |
| $120K2015-08 | SunFarmer | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2015-08 | Lugg | Greg Brockman, Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2015-07 | Cofactor Genomics | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2015-06 | Pachyderm | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2015-05 | EquipmentShare | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2015-05 | Cleanly | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2015-05 | Taplytics | Paul Buchheit, Aaron Harris |
| $2M2015-04 | PicnicAI | Paul Buchheit |
| $650K2015-02 | Fixed | Paul Buchheit |
| $9M2015-02 | Strateos | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2014-12 | Framed Data | Paul Buchheit |
| $1M2014-11 | Parenthoods | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2014-11 | CareMessage | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2014-10 | Front | Paul Buchheit, Aaron Harris, Geoff Ralston |
| $9M2014-10 | Checkr | Paul Buchheit |
| $4M2014-10 | Abacus Labs | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2014-09 | Dyspatch | Paul Buchheit, Andrew Chen |
| $50M2014-09 | Kevin Hartz, Paul Buchheit, Marc Andreessen | |
| $2M2014-08 | Women.com | Paul Buchheit |
| $3M2014-07 | Rocketrip | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2014-06 | Ambition | Ryan Petersen, Paul Buchheit |
| $5M2014-05 | Bellabeat | Paul Buchheit |
| $—2014-05 | PipelineDB | Paul Buchheit |
| $13M2014-04 | Caviar | Paul Buchheit |
| $650K2014-02 | Ambition | Ryan Petersen, Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2013-01 | Caviar | Paul Buchheit |
| $2M2011-02-16 |  1000Memories | Greylock Partners, Caterina Fake, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Mike Maples, Paul Buchheit, Chris Sacca |
Roles
Y Combinator
CurrentPartner Emeritus
Standard Capital
CurrentCo-Founder and General Partner