About
Alejandro Salinas is co-founder of Locata and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford, where he conducted AI research at Stanford Medicine. He previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Meta Reality Labs developing AI features for wearable products and holds an AI patent.
Founder at LocataYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Alejandro went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Locata's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Alejandro can intro founders to Locata's investors below.
Locata's investors · 1
Co-founders at Locata
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Joshua ChangFounder
Experience
- Locata (YC S25)Foundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- MetaSenior Software Engineer2024 — 2025New York, United States
- MetaSoftware Engineer2021 — 2024New York, United States
- Stanford University School of MedicineResearcher2020 — 2021Stanford, California, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2020Menlo Park, California, United States
- The Stanford DailySports Managing Editor2019 — 2020Stanford, California
- FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
- Child Family Health InternationalClinic Volunteer2018Tarija, Bolivia
- Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe InstituteClinic Intern2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Intern2016Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
KotlinSwift (Programming Language)C (Programming Language)Java2Adobe Indesign CCC++1Microsoft WordMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointPython (Programming Language)1Software Development
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Long Short-term Memory (LSTM)Biomedical dataDeep LearningSoftware DesignGenerative AIEngineeringSpanishLong Distance RunningJournalismGoogle DriveNon-profit VolunteeringPublic SpeakingLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alejandro Salinas?
- Alejandro Salinas is co-founder of Locata and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford, where he conducted AI research at Stanford Medicine. He previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Meta Reality Labs developing AI features for wearable products and holds an AI patent.
- Where does Alejandro Salinas work?
- Alejandro Salinas is Founder of Locata.
- What companies did Alejandro Salinas found?
- Alejandro Salinas founded Locata.
- Where did Alejandro Salinas go to school?
- Alejandro Salinas studied at Stanford University (Undergraduate, Computer Science); Loyola High School of Los Angeles.
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Loyola High School of Los Angeles mafia3
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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate
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Shared employers
Also worked at Locata (YC S25)1
Also worked at Meta316
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Josephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalJeffrey FinerVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesFrancisco GimenezInvestment Team at 8VCLan JiangPartner at Lux CapitalJeffrey DeFlavio, MDEntrepreneur in Residence at AlleyCorpLily RaakaStrategist at Plum Alley Investments
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