Fundraising Fox
Claire Mao

Claire Mao

YC S26

Co-founder and CEO at Instance

Claire Mao studied mathematics and computer science at MIT and has worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Boston Consulting Group, and MIT Media Lab.

Intro paths

YC

Claire went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

In turn, Claire can intro founders to Instance's investors below.

Instance's investors · 1

Co-founders

Lucy Cai· Cofounder and CTO<UNKNOWN>