Lieb, having a background in semiconductors and not server management, reached out to his fellow Y Combinator founders for support.
After a year and a half of advising at the accelerator, he's stepping up as a group partner, Y Combinator tells Business Insider exclusively.
It was never released, but many of the ideas would later come back in the form of Google Photos.
From there, he reached into the Y Combinator alumni network to find other promising upstarts.
David Lieb, second from left, speaks to a group of Y Combinator founders.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Apple, Business, Investors, Google
Locations:
Cloudkick, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Flexport