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The Y Combinator Mafia
10,678 people came through Y Combinator and went on to found or lead other companies.
Adam ChandlerYC Winter 2025Founded PermitifyKaushik MahorkerYC Winter 2025Founded WildcardDev JainYC Winter 2025Founded CorsairJay LiYC Winter 2025Founded Proception IncJack XuYC Winter 2025Founded Proception IncBen CollinsYC Winter 2025Founded WozManu VanderveerenSpott (Winter batch 2025)Founded SpottLander DegreveSpott (YC W25)Founded SpottCelia ManzanoYC Winter 2025Founded ReboltJavier SanchezYC Winter 2025Founded ReboltJames ZammitYC Winter 2025Founded RoarkDaniel GauciYC Winter 2025Founded RoarkSebastian VölklYC Winter 2025Founded DalusEliot KhachiYC Winter 2025Founded DalusManuj MishraYC Spring 2025Founded WaffleDiogo ValdiviesoYC Spring 2025Founded WaffleTycho SvobodaW25Founded TensorPoolJoshua MartinezYC Winter 2025Founded TensorPoolHlumelo NotsheYC Winter 2025Founded TensorPoolPhilip AnderssonYC Winter 2025Founded BluebookFilip StålYC Winter 2025Founded BluebookVraj ParikhYC Spring 2025Founded AtlogJohn BettingerYC Spring 2025Founded AtlogGraham SabinYC Winter 2025Founded CopyCat AIAbhi BalijepalliYC Winter 2025Founded CopyCat AIYash DullaW25Founded ErgoIshan ShethYC Winter 2025Founded ErgoJoshua DoolanYC Winter 2025Founded TamLabsBen DoolanYC Winter 2025Founded TamLabsMagnus MüllerYC Winter 2025Founded Browser UseGregor ZunicYC Winter 2025Founded Browser UseAlexandru TurcanuYC Winter 2025Founded CodevisorDylan PlayerYC Winter 2025Founded CodevisorLukas BockYC Winter 2025Founded MercuraStefan ZhengYC Winter 2025Founded MercuraAlex Pinel NeparidzeYC Winter 2025Founded Instinct SpaceAshwin IyerYC Winter 2025Founded Instinct SpaceJoe SavidgeYC Winter 2025Founded SAMMY LabsShav VimalendiranW25Founded SAMMY LabsJackson StokesYC Winter 2025Founded TrainLoopMason PierceYC Winter 2025Founded TrainLoopHenry BaeYC Summer 2025Founded MonteAlex FleuryYC Summer 2025Founded MonteJamin LiuYC Summer 2025Founded MonteSamai PatelYC Winter 2025Founded AxalNand VinchhiW25Founded AxalSimon FarshidW25Founded assistant-uiAlex TkachenkoYC Winter 2025Founded ArtilAlexey TaktarovW25 AlumniFounded ArtilUlme WennbergYC Winter 2025Founded VantelSam BrickmanS25 batchFounded AmbralJack StettnerYC Summer 2025Founded AmbralBernardo SimonassiYC Winter 2025Founded BlindPayJoao BorgesYC Winter 2025Founded BlindPayGustavo MarinhoYC Winter 2025Founded BlindPayCayden PierceYC Winter 2025Founded MentraAlexander IsraelovYC Winter 2025Founded MentraPaul SinaïYC Spring 2025Founded BlaxelThomas CrochetYC Spring 2025Founded BlaxelCharles DrappierYC Spring 2025Founded BlaxelMathis JoffreYC Spring 2025Founded BlaxelNicolas LecomteYC Spring 2025Founded BlaxelChristophe PloujouxYC Spring 2025Founded BlaxelAnnanay KapilaP25Founded QFEXJoshua WhartonYC Spring 2025Founded QFEXAdam IsemanYC Winter 2025Founded Red Barn RoboticsIlya KelnerYC Winter 2025Founded Red Barn RoboticsAlex NeffYC Winter 2025Founded Red Barn RoboticsSpencer BrownP25Founded ChestnutNikhil TiwariMake something people wantFounded FrekilShivesh GuptaYC Spring 2025Founded FrekilVaibhav DubeyYC Spring 2025Founded PlexeMarcello De BernardiCo-founder @ Plexe AI (X25)Founded PlexeAaksha MeghawatYC Spring 2025Founded KashikoiMargarita GroismanYC Spring 2025Founded AravoltaJack SuttonYC Spring 2025Founded AravoltaClaire GouzeYC Spring 2025Founded nao LabsChristophe BlefariYC Spring 2025Founded nao LabsConnor JonesP25Founded BitBoardAmbar ChoudhuryX25Founded BitBoardWojciech BłaszakYC X25Founded GolfAntoni GmitrukYC Spring 2025Founded GolfAidan PrattNewCoFounded AutostepRohan SharmaYC Summer 2025Founded SerafisCornelius SchrammX25 BatchFounded Avallon AIBryan GuinYC Spring 2025Founded Avallon AIMatthew NoseworthyYC Spring 2025Founded GroundControlNick WarrenX25 BatchFounded GroundControlSmit DagliYC Spring 2025Founded Kanava AIVikhyath MondretiX25Founded Kanava AIPeter ZhuX25Founded MinervaOm AgarwalYC Spring 2025Founded MinervaFrancesco BonacciYC Spring 2025Founded CuaSupreet DeshpandeYC Spring 2025Founded Synthio LabsSahitya SridharYC Spring 2025Founded Synthio LabsRajashekar VasanthaYC Spring 2025Founded Synthio Labs
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Y Combinator mafia?
- The Y Combinator mafia is the network of 10,678 people who came through Y Combinator and went on to found or lead other companies, including Permitify, Wildcard, Corsair, Proception Inc, Woz.
- Who is in the Y Combinator mafia?
- Notable members include Adam Chandler (Permitify), Kaushik Mahorker (Wildcard), Dev Jain (Corsair), Jay Li (Proception Inc), Jack Xu (Proception Inc), Ben Collins (Woz), Manu Vanderveeren (Spott), Lander Degreve (Spott), among 10,678 tracked members.
- What companies did Y Combinator alumni found?
- Companies founded by Y Combinator alumni include Permitify, Wildcard, Corsair, Proception Inc, Woz, Spott, Rebolt, Roark, Dalus, Waffle.