Brian Fioca
Model Design, Aplied Evals, Startups at OpenAI
Brian Fioca works on model design, applied evaluations, and startups at OpenAI. He has founded 10 startups, including RescueTime, and co-founded Madrona Venture Labs and spun out three AI companies at Pioneer Square Labs. His expertise includes AI, startup mentoring, and growth engineering.
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OpenAI Model Design, Aplied Evals, Startups 2025–present · current
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Blueprint AI Head of AI 2023 · past
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Pioneer Square Labs Principal AI Engineer 2023–2025 · past
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RescueTime Founder, Product Enginner 2019–2023, Founder, Lead Engineer 2007–2011 · past
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Crowd Cow Director of Growth Engineering 2017–2019 · past
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Glowforge Head of Ecommerce Engineering 2016–2017 · past
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Madrona Venture Labs Founding Partner 2014–2016 · past
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About.me Director of Mobile 2013–2014 · past
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Zapd Mobile Engineer 2011–2013 · past
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Jobster Software Development Manager / Tech Lead 2006–2007 · past
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Jobby Founder 2005–2006 · past
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Pango Technology, Inc. Chief Scientist 2005–2006 · past
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UPS Sr. Programmer Analyst 2004–2005 · past
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Employease, a Division of ADP Software Engineer II 2000–2004 · past
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IBM Corporation Systems Analyst 1998–2000 · past
Education
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Y Combinator 2008
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Georgia Institute of Technology Computer Science · 1996–2000
Organizations
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OpenAI Model Design, Aplied Evals, Startups 2025–present · current
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Blueprint AI Head of AI 2023 · past
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Pioneer Square Labs Principal AI Engineer 2023–2025 · past
Education
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Y Combinator 2008
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Georgia Institute of Technology Computer Science · 1996–2000
