About
Adam Wax co-founded Taiga to address billing and administrative overhead in healthcare. He previously worked at Refresh (YC P25) on healthcare reinforcement learning environments and built content management system workflows at Hearst used across major media publications.
Founder at TaigaYC X26
Intro paths
Adam went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Taiga's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Adam can intro founders to Taiga's investors below.
Taiga's investors · 1
Co-founders at Taiga
Experience
- TaigaCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Refresh (YC X25)Software Engineer2025 — 2026
- Hearst MagazinesSoftware Engineer2025New York, New York, United States
Skills & more
Languages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adam Wax?
- Adam Wax co-founded Taiga to address billing and administrative overhead in healthcare. He previously worked at Refresh (YC P25) on healthcare reinforcement learning environments and built content management system workflows at Hearst used across major media publications.
- Where does Adam Wax work?
- Adam Wax is Founder of Taiga.
- What companies did Adam Wax found?
- Adam Wax founded Taiga.
- Where did Adam Wax go to school?
- Adam Wax studied at Y Combinator; Lehigh University (B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Mathematics).
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