Blaze
YC W22San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 10 employees · 6 known investors
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Blaze provides a platform that monitors online signals to identify and target potential customers at the moment they demonstrate purchase intent, using AI-powered automation.
Also known as Retrera
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W22)
Blaze was founded in 2022 by Lauren Rothwell and Chirag Mahapatra.
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Lauren Rothwellin𝕏Co-Founder + CEO2022–2025Lauren Rothwell is the head of Agents Growth at ElevenLabs. She previously co-founded and led Blaze as CEO, and has held product roles at several startups. She began her career on the trading floor at Goldman Sachs in London. Rothwell holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from Trinity College Dublin.
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Chirag Mahapatrain𝕏Founder2021–2025He previously served as an engineering manager at Facebook working on privacy, infrastructure, and data challenges, and led membership and authentication infrastructure teams at Airbnb following the acquisition of Trooly, an ML startup where he worked. He holds a graduate degree from UC Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from NITK.
Investors · 6
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Blaze do?
- Blaze provides a platform that monitors online signals to identify and target potential customers at the moment they demonstrate purchase intent, using AI-powered automation.
- Who founded Blaze?
- Blaze was founded by Lauren Rothwell, Chirag Mahapatra in 2022.
- Who are Blaze's investors?
- Blaze's investors include Bling Capital, Digital Currency Group, TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital), Y Combinator, Act One Ventures, Faction.
- Where is Blaze headquartered?
- Blaze is headquartered in San Francisco, US.