Daniel Gross
AI investor and entrepreneur
An investor and entrepreneur who started Y Combinator's AI program, runs the AI Grant with Nat Friedman, and co-founded Safe Superintelligence.
Biography
Daniel Gross is an Israeli-American businessman who co-founded Cue, led artificial intelligence efforts at Apple, served as a partner at Y Combinator, and is a notable technology investor in companies including Uber, Instacart, Figma, GitHub, CoreWeave, Character.ai and Perplexity AI. Born in Jerusalem in 1991, he applied to Y Combinator before his military enlistment and at the time was the youngest founder the program had accepted. He started angel investing in 2011.
He joined Y Combinator as a partner in 2017, where he focused on AI and created the dedicated YC AI program. In 2021 he and Nat Friedman began making significant investments in AI and running AI Grant, which gives $250,000 in funding to AI-native companies. In June 2024 he co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc. TIME listed him among the most influential people in AI.
Notable contributions
Co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc.
Co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc. in June 2024.
Started Y Combinator's AI program
As a Y Combinator partner from 2017, created the dedicated YC AI program.
Launched AI Grant with Nat Friedman
In 2021 began investing heavily in AI with Nat Friedman and running AI Grant, which funds AI-native companies with $250,000.