s2.dev
YC F25San Francisco, US · Founded 2024 · 5 employees · 5 known investors
S2.dev builds infrastructure services and tools for developers. The company focuses on providing a platform for application development and deployment.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceAPIInfrastructureDatabasesUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (F25)
s2.dev was founded in 2024 by Shikhar Bhushan, Stephen Balogh, Dwarak Govind Parthiban, Mehul Arora, and Cristian Caciuc.
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Shikhar Bhushanin𝕏Co-Founder and CEOShikhar Bhushan has worked on retrieval systems at Etsy, key-value storage at Facebook, and Kafka Connect at Confluent.
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Stephen Baloghin𝕏Co-Founder, CTOStephen Balogh previously led infrastructure work for product search at Etsy and developed repository software at NYU. He works on systems development with Rust.
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Dwarak Govind Parthibanin𝕏Co-FounderDwarak Govind Parthiban worked on applied AI at Etsy and ML platform development at Freshworks, with prior research on language models at the University of Ottawa that resulted in publication at AAAI-21.
Investors · 5
Orange CollectiveDanville
Transpose Platform ManagementHouston
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Research Corporation TechnologiesreportedTucson
Also in the syndicate · 1
BroadOak Capital Partners
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries AJan 2024
BroadOak Capital Partners, Research Corporation Technologies
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- What does s2.dev do?
- S2.dev builds infrastructure services and tools for developers. The company focuses on providing a platform for application development and deployment.
- Who founded s2.dev?
- s2.dev was founded by Shikhar Bhushan, Stephen Balogh, Dwarak Govind Parthiban, Mehul Arora, Cristian Caciuc in 2024.
- Who are s2.dev's investors?
- s2.dev's investors include Orange Collective, Transpose Platform Management, Y Combinator, Research Corporation Technologies.
- Where is s2.dev headquartered?
- s2.dev is headquartered in San Francisco, US.