# Bryan Giger

> Bryan Giger is the Swiss-Filipino CEO and co-founder of Dashlabs.ai, a Manila-based company in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch. An economics graduate of the University of St.Gallen, he has built open-source tools, won START Hack 2017 with a team, and worked on coding education through Penguin Academy.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Dashlabs.ai
- **Organizations:** Dashlabs.ai, Dashboard Philippines, DataLab St Gallen, Penguin Academy, University of St.Gallen
- **Nationality:** Swiss-Filipino
- **Education:** Bachelor in Economics, University of St.Gallen, Master of Arts in Economics, University of St.Gallen, IB Diploma, Xavier School
- **Known for:** Team winner of START Hack 2017 and its Cognizant case prize for SuperSecret., Co-founder of a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company., Created public projects including HSG Studynet Prettify and angular-sly.

## Career timeline

- **Age 12** — Began learning HTML and programming after a school website assignment.
- **2017** — Won START Hack with the SuperSecret team; co-founded DataLab St Gallen.
- **2018** — Listed as a judge at START Hack.
- **2019** — Co-founded Penguin Academy; listed as Tech Head in its early concept document.
- **2020** — Co-founded Dashlabs.ai.
- **2021** — Dashlabs.ai joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch; participated in Hustleshare episode 135.
- **2022** — Dashlabs.ai reported approximately ₱65 million in funding in February.
- **2023** — Listed as CEO & Co-Founder on IGNITE’s Young Founders Summit program.

## Achievements

- Team winner of START Hack 2017 and its Cognizant case prize for SuperSecret.
- Co-founder of a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company.
- Created public projects including HSG Studynet Prettify and angular-sly.

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Listed on the IGNITE 2023 Young Founders Summit panel program alongside Steph Naval and Jiro Reyes.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigerbytes
- GitHub: https://github.com/gigerbytes

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Last updated: 2026-10-14