Fundraising Fox

Aaron Zhang

Founder

Founder at Peer

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPeer · YC

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 · 7

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 2025Y 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

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS262026
  2. Harvey Mudd CollegeComputer Science
  3. Claremont McKenna CollegeMajored @ HMC

Frequently asked questions

Where does Aaron Zhang work?
Aaron Zhang is Founder at Peer.
What companies did Aaron Zhang found?
Aaron Zhang founded Peer.

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