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Michael Heinrich

LinkedIn ↗ X ↗ 1 prior venture(s)
35.4
Founder Score · medium confidence
2/5 signal groups
Track record 22.4/30 Career 13.0/20 Shipping 0.0/30 Research 0.0/10 Network 0.0/10
Track record
  • 1 prior venture(s) from career extraction
  • prior exit: garten
Career
  • worked at Microsoft
  • studied at Harvard, Stanford

Opportunities

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No sourced opportunity yet — only GitHub / HN / PH / Devpost / arXiv / inbound ventures appear here (not career employers).

About

Michael is building the largest AI Layer 1 to make AI a public good. Prev. founder & CEO of garten, a Ycombinator Top (S16, YCG F19) and Stanford StartX company. Michael started in technical product management and software engineering at SAP and Microsoft, then worked at Bain and Bridgwater Associates before becoming an entrepreneur. Educated at Stanford (Threshold Venture Fellow, OnTrack Innovation Scholar), Harvard, UC Berkeley (summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Americorps Bonner Leader).

Activation — cold outreach, not cold investment

Michael — I’m with Maschmeyer Group. Your work building garten and now pushing to make AI a public good stood out, especially the mix of product, infra, and distribution instincts from SAP/Microsoft to Bain/Bridgewater. We’re not doing a general pitch here: if you’re open, apply for a fast $100K decision process. We can turn around a yes/no in 24 hours once we have the application. If it’s relevant, send the application and we’ll review it directly.
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Ventures

garten · YC Summer 2016
founded · 2014 · Acquired
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Experience

Microsoft
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SAP
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Bain
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Bridgwater Associates
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Education

Stanford
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UC Berkeley
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Harvard
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