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Qasar Younis
Qasar Younis co-founded and leads Applied Intuition, which builds software and AI for intelligent machines. He previously served as COO of Y Combinator, founded a company acquired by Google, and worked as an automotive engineer at General Motors and Bosch.
- Based in
- Mountain View
Applied Intuition
2017 — PresentCo-founder and CEO
Co-founded Applied Intuition with Peter Ludwig in 2017 and leads it as CEO.
Y Combinator
2013 — 2017
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Part-time partner from 2013 and full-time partner from 2014; named YC's first COO in August 2015.
Product Lead, Google Maps
Joined Google through its 2011 acquisition of TalkBin and led business-facing products in Google Maps, including google.com/business, for about three and a half years.
TalkBin
2010 — 2011Co-founder and CEO
Customer-feedback startup for businesses; part of Y Combinator's Winter 2011 batch and acquired by Google in 2011.
Cameesa
2008 — 2010
Co-founder
Co-founded, part-time with Andrew Cronk, a Chicago crowdfunded clothing company in which supporters funded T-shirt designs.
Bosch
2004 — 2006
Engineer
Joined Bosch's rotational program after graduating in 2004, working in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and from 2005 in Japan, before starting at Harvard Business School in 2006.
General Motors Company
Until 2004
Automotive Engineer (co-op)
Worked across General Motors tech centers and factories in Michigan through Kettering University's co-op program while earning his engineering degree.
Kettering University
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Harvard Business School
Master's studies in business
Kettering University
Bachelor's studies
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