Y Combinator alumni

Studied there 37

Went on to found or lead

• Aidan Dewar

  YC W21 at Y Combinator→Co-Founder & CEO at Nourish

• Alex Atallah

  Studied at Y Combinator · 2018 - 2018→CEO, Co-Founder at OpenRouter

• Anand Chaturvedi

  YC S23 Batch at Y Combinator→Co-Founder, CEO at Dili

• Andrew Zelaya

  Studied at Y Combinator→Chief Technology Officer at Gradia Health

• Apurva Shrivastava

  Studied at Y Combinator · 2023 - 2023→Founder at Avoca

• Ariel Katz

  Studied at Y Combinator · 2020 - 2020→CEO & Co-founder at H1

• PArjun Lalwani

  Spring Batch (X25) at Y Combinator · 2025→Co-Founder & CEO at Ralo

• PBrandon Abreu Smith

  F25 at Y Combinator→Co-Founder & CTO at Structured AI

• Carl Madi

  Studied at Y Combinator→Co-Founder & CEO at Stepful

• PDeepak Chhugani

  YCG F21, Growth Program at Y Combinator→Founder/CEO at Nuvocargo

• Frank Sondors 🥓

  Studied at Y Combinator · Jan 2023→Co-Founder & CEO at Salesforge

• Helly Shah

  Studied at Y Combinator · Apr 2025 - Jun 2025→Co-Founder & CTO at Ralo

• PIssy Greenslade

  F25 at Y Combinator · Sep 2025 - Dec 2025→Co-Founder at Structured AI

• Jorge Lluch

  W21 at Y Combinator · Jan 2021 - Mar 2021→Co-Founder, COO and CFO at Abacum

• Josh Karol

  Studied at Y Combinator · Jan 2024 - Apr 2024→Co-Founder and CTO at CrowdVolt

• Joshua Chang

  Studied at Y Combinator→Co-CEO at Locata

• Julian Rowlands

  Studied at Y Combinator · Jun 2022 - Sep 2022→Founder & CEO @ Cashboard at Cashboard (YC S22)

• Karim Atiyeh

  S15 at Y Combinator · 2015 - 2015→Co-Founder, Co-CEO Ramp at Ramp

• Maik Taro Wehmeyer

  S20 at Y Combinator · 2020→Co-Founder & CEO at Taktile

• Maximilian Eber

  S20 at Y Combinator · 2020 - 2020→Co-Founder & CPTO at Taktile

• Michael Clark

  Studied at Y Combinator · Mar 2026 - Jun 2026→Co-Founder at Arctic Health

• Mirella Mashiach

  S21 at Y Combinator · 2021→Co-Founder at Output Biosciences

• PRaymond Zhao

  F25 at Y Combinator→Co-Founder & CEO at Structured AI

• Regina Schwind

  Studied at Y Combinator · Sep 2019→Chief Data Officer at Triomics

• Rithvik Seela

  W21 at Y Combinator→Chief Executive Officer at Gradia Health

• Roheet Shah

  S20 at Y Combinator · 2020 - 2020→Co-Founder & COO at CarbonChain

• PSaad Bahir

  Studied at Y Combinator · Jan 2023 - Apr 2023→CTO & Co-Founder at Rollstack

• PSam Perkins

  Studied at Y Combinator→Co-Founder & President at Nourish

• Spencer Hewett

  Studied at Y Combinator→Founder/CEO at RADAR

• Stephanie Liu

  Studied at Y Combinator→Co-founder & CTO @ Nourish at Nourish

• PSteve Rahimi

  YC S26 at Y Combinator · Jun 2026 - Sep 2026→CEO & Co-Founder at Pango

• Tressia Hobeika

  S21 Batch at Y Combinator→Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Stepful

• Tyson Chen

  Studied at Y Combinator · 2023 - 2023→Founder, Co-CEO at Avoca AI

• Michael Zhao

  S18 Batch at Y Combinator · 2018 - 2018→Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund

Where else they landed

• Matthew Ross

  Studied at Y Combinator→Account Executive at Aaru

• Natalia Perina

  S23 Batch at Y Combinator · Jun 2023 - Sep 2023→Product Engineer at General Medicine

• Reece Griffiths

  Studied at Y Combinator · Jun 2023 - Sep 2023→Field CTO at Collibra

Worked there 3

Went on to found or lead

• PBrad Menezes

  Startup (YC S15) at Y Combinator · Jun 2015 to Feb 2017→Co-Founder & CEO | Build & Govern AI-Generated Enterprise Apps at Superblocks

• Rachel O'Driscoll

  Founder at Y Combinator · Jun 2023 to Sep 2023→Co-Founder & President at Simbie AI

• PRan Ma

  Apollo Health (YC S15) at Y Combinator · May 2015 to Oct 2016→Co-Founder/CTO at Superblocks