Overview
Ricardo Pantaleón is a co-founder at Anana[1][3], a Y Combinator-backed company in the P25 cohort[9]. Pantaleón was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx[2]. Pantaleón holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Statistics from Columbia University[8]. Prior to founding Anana, Pantaleón worked as a Development Strategist at Palantir Technologies[5], a Corporate Banking Analyst at RBC[6] and at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation[7], and as a barista at Blank Street[4].
Profile introduction
Dominican-born, Bronx-raised, building AI for an industry that puts people first. Co-founder of Anana (YC X25). We're building the AI workspace for hospitality commercial teams: one place for revenue, sales, and operations to understand what actually drives each property → getanana.com How I got here: - Education: NYC public school → Columbia (Ex-D1 rower) - Early career: banking → tech → barista → YC founder - Things I enjoy: good food, good music, good dancing. In that order Why I'm here: I share the unfiltered version of building a company in an industry I love: the wins, the ch…
Career history
- Co-FounderApr 2025 to presentAnana
- BaristaNov 2024 to Mar 2025Blank Street
- Development StrategistMar 2024 to Oct 2024Palantir Technologies
- Corporate Banking AnalystJan 2022 to Feb 2024RBC
- Corporate Banking AnalystJul 2021 to Jan 2022Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science - StatisticsColumbia University
P25Y Combinator
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