Yannick Bierens (Courant and Stern '25) is the Founder of Binder, an AI platform that automates prospecting for commercial insurance brokers.

Before Binder, Yannick built two startups in the Netherlands. One, Urban Journalist, grew to 250,000 users sharing over a million restaurant recommendations.

"The real value is being around like-minded builders. Being a founder is amazing and hard, so that sense of community matters more than people expect."