About
Aahel Iyer led UX teams at Lyft, Faire, and Dashworks across compliance, finance, and generative AI products. He is co-founder of Midship, an AI platform for SOX testing.
Founder at MidshipYC S24
Intro paths
Aahel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Midship's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Aahel can intro founders to Midship's investors below.
Midship's investors · 3
Co-founders at Midship
Experience
- OptroDirector of Product Managementcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MidshipCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DashworksFounding Product Designer2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- FaireSenior Product Designer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- LyftProduct Designer2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- LyftProduct Design Intern2018San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Y Combinator2024
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, New Media Design
Skills & more
From Aahel's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 8,661 more
Rochester Institute of Technology mafia13
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 6 more
Faire mafia9
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 2 more
Dashworks mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Rochester Institute of Technology40
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Shared employers
Also worked at Optro1
Also worked at Midship3
Also worked at Dashworks3
Also worked at Faire18
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