Generalist

Y Combinator

Check: YC's current standard deal is $500K for each accepted company: $125K for 7% on a post-money SAFE plus $375K on an uncapped MFN SAFE, accompanied by YC's participation right. It is a program-wide deal, not David's personal angel range.

David's founder story centers on building a simple mobile product to massive reach, confronting weak long-term retention and monetization honestly, then following the strongest user behavior into a better product that became Google Photos. His lens favors technical founders who build quickly, notice what users actually value, distinguish downloads from durable engagement and can pivot without losing the underlying insight.

Y Combinator

Check: YC's live standard deal is $500K for every accepted company: $125K on a post-money SAFE for 7% plus $375K on an uncapped MFN SAFE, with a future participation right. This is YC's program deal, not Brad's personal check, and founders should read the current official terms before applying.

Brad helps very early founders move from idea to a launched product users want, then build the fundraising, hiring and customer-development habits needed to survive. His Perfect Audience background and YC teaching focus point to practical evaluation of distribution, ideal customer, conversion to paid use, capital efficiency and whether a founding team learns quickly enough to find product-market fit.