US Y Combinator founders list
View people on this page142 people · Source: Mira · Collected Oct 15, 2026. A–Z sample, not a market census. Stored role and match evidence; confirm current roles on LinkedIn. Inclusion and sample details.
| Name / LinkedIn | Current title | Company | Person location | Why this row |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Harris | Co-Founder | Magid & Company | New York, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Aaron Iba | Co-Founder | Lightweight Labs | New York, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Adam Alpert | Co-Founder & CEO | Pangea.app | Cambridge, Massachusetts | experience matchY Combinator |
| Adam Goldstein | Co-Founder And Chairman | Softmax.com | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Adora Cheung | Co-Founder | Outlier Film Fund | New York, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Akash Levy | Co-Founder & CTO | Silimate (YC S23) | Mountain View, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Alex Lofton | Co-founder, Managing Director | For Seattle | Seattle, Washington | experience matchY Combinator |
| Alex Zhang | Co-Founder | UChicago M&A Group | Weston, Massachusetts | experience matchY Combinator |
| Amit Pinnamaneni | Chief Technology Officer And Co-Founder | Aethero | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Andrew Kuik | Co-Founder | Syntropy (YC W26) | Stanford, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Ann Wu | Co-founder & CEO | Silimate (YC S23) | Stanford, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Anthony Cirinelli | Co-Founder, CTO | Buildzen | San Jose, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Antoine Carossio | Cofounder & CTO | Escape (YC W23) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Antonio Nacoud | Co-Founder GTM | Handle | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Anurup Ganguli | CEO And Co-Founder | WorkManga | San Diego, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Arjun Sahai | Co-Founder & CTO | Surface Labs (YC S23) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Arnaud Douceur | Co-Founder And CTO | AutoHub | Miami, Florida | experience matchY Combinator |
| Arushi Gandhi | Co-Founder | Ressl AI | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Arvid E. Gollwitzer | Co-Founder | Anto Biosciences (YC F25) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Aymeric Rabot | Co-Founder | Pascal | Tampa, Florida | experience matchY Combinator |
| Ben Slivinski | Founder | The Glimpse App | Phoenixville, Pennsylvania | experience matchY Combinator |
| Benjamin Bartakovics | Head Of Product Co-Founder | Candidately | Brooklyn, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Binny Mathews | Co-Founder & CEO | ProjectPro | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Brad Menezes | Co-Founder & CEO | Superblocks | New York, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Brett Gibson | Cofounder | Posthaven | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Caitlin Leksana | Co-Founder & CEO | Fazeshift (YC S24) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Carlos Feliciano | CEO & Co-founder | Terracotta AI (YC S23) | Las Vegas, Nevada | experience matchY Combinator |
| Carlos Gomez Andonaegui | Co-Founder, Chairman | Nebia | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Catheryn Li | Co-Founder & CEO | Simple AI | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Chris Woodard | Co-Founder & CMO | Handle.com | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Christina Gilbert | Co-Founder & Board Chair | OneSchema | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Christophe Barre | Co-founder & CEO | Tandem | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Colin Elsinga | Co-Founder & COO | Metriport | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Dalton Caldwell | Co-Founder & General Partner | Standard Capital | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Daniel Kivatinos | CEO And Co-Founder | JustPaid | Los Altos, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Daniel Kobran | Cofounder | Autonomous Technologies Group | Brooklyn, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Danny Grannick | Co-Founder | Bristle | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Danny King | Co-founder & CEO | Accredible | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| David Cain | Co-Founder Partner | ElevenX Talent | Menlo Park, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| David Heller | Co-Founder COO | C16 Biosciences | New York, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Dawson Chen | Co-founder & CEO | Letterbook | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Dimitri Dadiomov | Co-Founder & President | Modern Treasury | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Dustin Klebe | Co-Founder | Sonia (YC W24) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Elizabeth Iorns | Co-Founder | Unleash Therapeutics | Palo Alto, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Emmanuel Udotong | Co-founder CEO | Shield | Miami, Florida | experience matchY Combinator |
| Erik Millar | Co-Founder | Heimdal | Brooklyn, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Ethan Boyers | Co-Founder & CTO | Semble AI (YC F25) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Farhan Hossain | Co-Founder & COO | Blue (YC S25) | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Gabriel Levesque Tremblay | CEO & Co-Founder | HexemBio | New York, New York | experience matchY Combinator |
| Garry Tan | Founder | Garry's List | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Germain Hirwa | Co-Founder | Hermes | Swarthmore, Pennsylvania | experience matchY Combinator |
| Grant Demaree | CEO And Co-founder | Onebrief | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Helen Y. Chen | Co-Founder | Alixia | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Holly Liu | Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | VENN | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Ignacio Viau | Co-Founder & CEO | HOKALI | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jacob Vogan | Co-Founder And Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) | CB Therapeutics | San Diego, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jaleh Rezaei | CEO & Co-founder (YC S18) | Mutiny | Miami, Florida | experience matchY Combinator |
| James Galbraith | Co-Founder & CTO | Oma Care | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| James Hu | Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer | Illuminant Surgical | Los Angeles, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jane Li | Co-Founder | Robot Depot | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jason Gray | Founder & Managing Partner | Pioneer Fund | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jason Kraft | CTO, Co-founder | CortoAI | Long Beach, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jay Reno | Co-founder & CEO | Pointhound | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jeffrey Pan | Co-founder & CTO | Bronco AI | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jesse Evans | Co-Founder And COO | MaverickX | San Antonio, Texas | experience matchY Combinator |
| Joan DeGennaro | Co-Founder | The To Do List Summit | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| John Paul Tambunting | Co-Founder CTO | Pangea.app | Nashville, Tennessee | experience matchY Combinator |
| Jordan Noone | Co-Founder | Zoo | Los Angeles, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Joshua Weissburg | CEO Co-founder | Splotch | Boulder, Colorado | experience matchY Combinator |
| Juan Ignacio Caviglia | Co-Founder And CEO | Ritual | Palo Alto, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Julien Brissonneau | Co-Founder | Pascal | Mountain View, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Justin Kan | Co-Founder | Stash | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Kacie Galligan | Co-Founder | RestauRent | Providence, Rhode Island | experience matchY Combinator |
| Krishna Sasank T | Co-Founder And CIO | Stayflexi | Austin, Texas | experience matchY Combinator |
| Kshitij Dixit | Co-Founder & CEO | Zeo Auto | Mountain View, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Leander Meyer-Hielscher | Co-Founder | EY Capital | Atlanta, Georgia | experience matchY Combinator |
| Leo Anthias | Co-Founder & CEO | Pump Up | San Francisco, California | experience matchY Combinator |
| Lindsay Amos | Founder | Amos Communications | Cincinnati, Ohio | experience matchY Combinator |
| Lindsay Selvitelle | Co-Founder | The Platform Team | Louisville, Kentucky | experience matchY Combinator |
| Lucas Kappaz | Co Founder & CRO | VR AMERICAS - XR AMERICAS | Santa Monica, California | experience matchY Combinator |
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142 people at 128 companies in the United States. Person locations are not company headquarters. This is a sample, not a census.
Where these 142 people are
Counts describe published rows and person locations, not company headquarters.
States · 16
| California | 95 |
| New York | 19 |
| Texas | 5 |
| Florida | 4 |
| Colorado | 3 |
| Massachusetts | 3 |
| District of Columbia | 2 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
Cities
| San Francisco | 69 |
| New York | 14 |
| Los Angeles | 7 |
| Palo Alto | 5 |
| Brooklyn | 4 |
| Austin | 3 |
| Miami | 3 |
| Mountain View | 3 |
| Atlanta | 2 |
| Denver | 2 |
| San Diego | 2 |
| San Jose | 2 |
| Stanford | 2 |
| Washington | 2 |
22 other cities appear once. 36 cities in total.
Companies
128 distinct companies; repeated companies below.
| Alixia | 2 |
| CrimeoMeter | 2 |
| Fazeshift (YC S24) | 2 |
| HOKALI | 2 |
| Pangea.app | 2 |
| Paratus health | 2 |
| Pascal | 2 |
| Ritual | 2 |
| Silimate (YC S23) | 2 |
| Simbie AI | 2 |
| Simple AI | 2 |
| Sonia (YC W24) | 2 |
| Stayflexi | 2 |
| Superblocks | 2 |
Titles
| Co-founder | 115 |
| CTO | 18 |
| Founder | 7 |
| CMO | 1 |
| CRO | 1 |
Exclusive buckets; first matching role wins.
Scope of this list
Current founder or co-founder role with no end date; named company; US person location matching the listed geography. A separate experience must name the prior organization exactly (legal suffix ignored). The selected current company is a different organization. This is a stored name match, not an employment-verification letter. 142 of 5481 cached candidates passed. Display order is A–Z by name. Every row matched a stored experience field. Rebuilt Oct 15, 2026. Collection dates describe retrieval, not when a profile last changed. Refresh policy.
How to cite
Metix Lists. “US Y Combinator founders list.” Collected Oct 15, 2026. 142 of 142 qualifiers. All cached qualifiers, not ranked. https://lists.metix.ai/founders/yc-founders-us#summary
Questions about this list
Who appears in US Y Combinator founders list?
The US Y Combinator founders list includes 142 people in the United States, collected Oct 15, 2026, including Aaron Harris, Aaron Iba, Adam Alpert.
Which roles qualify for this list?
Current founder or co-founder role with no end date; named company; US person location matching the listed geography. A separate experience must name the prior organization exactly (legal suffix ignored). The selected current company is a different organization. This is a stored name match, not an employment-verification letter. Roles describe the collection snapshot; confirm them on the linked profiles.
Which states and cities appear in this list?
States: California (95), New York (19), Texas (5), Florida (4), Colorado (3), Massachusetts (3), District of Columbia (2), Georgia (2), Pennsylvania (2), Kentucky (1), Nevada (1), North Carolina (1), Ohio (1), Rhode Island (1), Tennessee (1), Washington (1). Cities: San Francisco (69), New York (14), Los Angeles (7), Palo Alto (5), Brooklyn (4), Austin (3), Miami (3), Mountain View (3), Atlanta (2), Denver (2), San Diego (2), San Jose (2), Stanford (2), Washington (2), Boston (1), Boulder (1), Cambridge (1), Cincinnati (1), Durham (1), Houston (1), Irvine (1), Ithaca (1), Las Vegas (1), Long Beach (1), Los Altos (1), Louisville (1), Menlo Park (1), Nashville (1), Phoenixville (1), Providence (1), San Antonio (1), Santa Monica (1), Seattle (1), Swarthmore (1), Tampa (1), Weston (1). Locations describe people, not company headquarters.
Does any company appear more than once?
128 companies. Repeated companies: Alixia (2), CrimeoMeter (2), Fazeshift (YC S24) (2), HOKALI (2), Pangea.app (2), Paratus health (2), Pascal (2), Ritual (2), Silimate (YC S23) (2), Simbie AI (2), Simple AI (2), Sonia (YC W24) (2), Stayflexi (2), Superblocks (2)
How recent are these records?
Last collected Oct 15, 2026. Individual collection dates are included in downloads. No refresh is scheduled; confirm current roles on LinkedIn.
Is this a complete list of US Y Combinator founders?
No. These 142 published profiles come from 142 qualifying records in a query-selected pool of 5481 candidates. All qualifying cached records are included. Display order is A–Z by name, not a ranking. Counts describe this sample, not the market.
How can recruiters and founders use this list?
Use the named companies, person locations and quoted inclusion evidence to start employer research, recruiting or partnership research. Download the full sample as CSV, JSON or Markdown. Confirm the current role and company before outreach; inclusion does not establish hiring plans, contact permission or a hiring outcome.
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