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Ain McKendrick

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Founder at Faction

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedFaction · YC

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About

Ain McKendrick co-founded Palm Computing, where he worked on early PalmPilot devices, and later held roles in consumer electronics at Netflix, Dell, and TiVo. He has extensive experience developing autonomous systems for electric vehicles and autonomous trucks before becoming CEO of Faction Technology.

Founder at FactionYC W21

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Ain went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Faction's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ain can intro founders to Faction's investors below.

Faction's investors · 16

Augere VentureKrakówDell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checksDucera InvestmentsNew YorkEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksFactionPalo Alto · $50K – $5M checks · since 2026Fifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksKube VCSide Door VenturesFernandina Beach · $300K – $5M checksSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksTango.vcRedwood City · $50K – $250K checksTDK VenturesSan Jose · $5M checks · since 2023Trucks VCSan FranciscoUncorrelated VenturesLas VegasWhoa I Lp, By: Whoa VenturesY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Faction

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Danish RazaFounder
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Kunal BarmanFounder

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ain McKendrick?
Ain McKendrick co-founded Palm Computing, where he worked on early PalmPilot devices, and later held roles in consumer electronics at Netflix, Dell, and TiVo. He has extensive experience developing autonomous systems for electric vehicles and autonomous trucks before becoming CEO of Faction Technology.
Where does Ain McKendrick work?
Ain McKendrick is Founder of Faction.
What companies did Ain McKendrick found?
Ain McKendrick founded Faction.
What companies has Ain McKendrick invested in?
Investments tracked here include Faction.

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