Propaya
YC S24San Francisco, US · Founded 2024 · 2 employees · 1 known investors
Propaya provides AI-powered software to automate commercial lease abstraction and analysis. The platform extracts key information from lease documents for commercial real estate professionals.
Also known as Zzyzzx · Zzyzzx Inc.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechArtificial IntelligenceReal EstateUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S24)
Propaya was founded in 2024 by Reader Wang and Jake Golas.
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Reader WanginFounderReader Wang worked as an engineer at SpaceX on the Starship Program and holds an MS from Stanford and a BS from the University of Michigan. He manages a portfolio of rental properties and is currently CEO of Propaya.
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Jake GolasinCTO & FounderJake Golas is the CTO of Propaya, a full-stack software developer with prior experience at Epic Systems and a BS in Computer Science.
Investors · 1
The YC application· Summer 2024 batch
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- The two founders met at Phillips Academy Andover in 2015. Reader (CEO) studied at Stanford and worked as an avionics engineer at SpaceX, while Jake (CTO) studied computer science and worked as a software engineer at Epic Systems. Reader started Propaya after seeing a use for AI in property management while assisting his family's business, and both founders now work on it full time.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
Competitors · 3
by search overlapProphia3 shared keywordsProphia provides commercial real estate stakeholders with aggregated business and tenant data through AI-powered extraction and analysis. The platform delivers real-time insights to building owners and investors to support risk mitigation and portfolio decision-making.
Prosperity Partners3 shared keywordsProsperity LLC is a professional services firm providing accounting, tax, and transaction advisory services across multiple locations in the United States and internationally.
Proscia3 shared keywordsProscia provides a digital pathology software platform that converts glass microscope slides into high-resolution digital images for viewing, management, and analysis by pathologists and research teams. The platform enables clinical laboratories and life sciences organizations to improve workflow efficiency, support remote collaboration, and integrate artificial intelligence tools for quantitative tissue analysis and biomarker detection.
Companies competing with Propaya for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Propaya do?
- Propaya provides AI-powered software to automate commercial lease abstraction and analysis. The platform extracts key information from lease documents for commercial real estate professionals.
- Who founded Propaya?
- Propaya was founded by Reader Wang, Jake Golas in 2024.
- Who are Propaya's investors?
- Propaya's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Propaya headquartered?
- Propaya is headquartered in San Francisco, US.