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Aaron Zhang

Founder

Founder at Peer

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPeer · YC

Find your path to Aaron

671 people in our graph share verified history with Aaron — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedAaron: together at Y Combinator (2026)
×9Aaron: together at Y Combinator
Aaron: together at MIT Media Lab
Aaron: together at Claremont McKenna College

About

Co-founder and CEO of Peer, Aaron Zhang studied Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College before leaving to join YC S26. He previously built AI voice agents at trucking telematics company Waylens, researched AI agents and computer vision at the MIT Media Lab's City Science Lab in Taipei, and led the Claremont Accelerator, which raised $124K to fund student startups.

Founder at PeerYC S26

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Peer's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Aaron can intro founders to Peer's investors below.

Peer's investors · 8

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Flare Capital PartnersBoston · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2025GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Mana VenturesEstero · since 2025SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2025Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Peer

FPFelix Peng
Felix PengFounder

Experience

  1. PeerCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Waylens Inc.Software Engineer2025 — 2026Waltham, MA
  3. FlexcomputeAnalyst2024Watertown, MA
  4. MIT Media LabResearcher2023Taipei City, Taiwan

Frequently asked questions

Who is Aaron Zhang?
Co-founder and CEO of Peer, Aaron Zhang studied Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College before leaving to join YC S26. He previously built AI voice agents at trucking telematics company Waylens, researched AI agents and computer vision at the MIT Media Lab's City Science Lab in Taipei, and led the Claremont Accelerator, which raised $124K to fund student startups.
Where does Aaron Zhang work?
Aaron Zhang is Founder of Peer.
What companies did Aaron Zhang found?
Aaron Zhang founded Peer.
Where did Aaron Zhang go to school?
Aaron Zhang studied at Y Combinator (S26); Harvey Mudd College (Computer Science); Claremont McKenna College (Majored @ HMC).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Harvey Mudd College mafia37

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

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Claremont McKenna College mafia29

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Daniel KanBAFounded GM Cruise Holdings +3Drew OettingBAFounded 8Vc +1Matthieu HafemeisterBachelor's DegreeFounded Concourse +1Sam CorcosBAFounded Levels Health +1Christophe RimannBachelor's degreeFounded Juniperplatform +1Ben ColmanBAFounded Realitydefender +1

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also attended Harvey Mudd College49

Erik StraserPartner at ClearSkyHo NamManaging Director at Altos VenturesJulia PuzzoAssociate at Fika VenturesJon SobergCEO and Managing Partner at MS&AD VenturesBen NahirPartner at Elevate CapitalShahril IbrahimPartner at The Hive Southeast Asia

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Also attended Claremont McKenna College117

Lachlan MontgomerySenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital PartnersDrew OettingFounding partner of 8VCGeorge RobertsInvestor at Kohlberg Kravis RobertsLindsay SlocumInvestor Relations Lead at ParadigmKurt ShelinePartner, Strategic Investment at Echo Health VenturesParis KokaInvestor at Serena Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Peer1

Felix PengFounder at Peer

Also worked at Flexcompute2

Wilson WuManaging Partner at WI Harper GroupQiqi WangFounder at Flexcompute

Also worked at MIT Media Lab160

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Matt DonahoeCo-founder of SkydioWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesDr. Catherine HavasiAdvisor at AI CapitalWill JackInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersArjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture Capital

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