Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit Leaves Facebook to Join Y Combinator
Paul Buchheit, an early Google employee who coined its “Don’t be evil” motto and created Gmail, is moving on from Facebook to become a partner at startup incubator Y Combinator.
Buchheit joined Facebook in August of last year when the social network acquired his social sharing service FriendFeed. Buchheit confirmed publicly that he was leaving the company on his FriendFeed page.
“It has less to do with Facebook and more to do with me,” Buchheit wrote. “I’m just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.”
He also leaves shortly after Facebook initiated a partnership with YCombinator to provide technical and design resources to new social startups.
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