Find your path to Alen
239 people in our graph share verified history with Alen — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Wouter Van de PutteunlockedAlen: together at Georgia Institute of Technology (2018)
×8Alen: together at Uber
×2Alen: together at Georgia Institute of Technology
Alen: together at HappyRobot
About
Alen Polakof is founder and CTO of Flai. He previously served as a founding engineer at HappyRobot and spent over four years in infrastructure roles at Uber.
Founder at FlaiYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Alen went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Flai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Alen can intro founders to Flai's investors below.
Flai's investors · 8
Antigravity CapitalSan FranciscoBeat VenturesSan FranciscoFirst Round CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $7M checks · since 2025Innovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2025Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2025RedBlue CapitalSanta Cruz · since 2025Toyota VenturesLos AltosY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Flai
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Ari PolakofFounder
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Juan AlzugarayFounder
Experience
- FlaiCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- HappyRobotFounding Engineer2025San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSenior Software Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSoftware Engineer II2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSoftware Engineer I2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alen Polakof?
- Alen Polakof is founder and CTO of Flai. He previously served as a founding engineer at HappyRobot and spent over four years in infrastructure roles at Uber.
- Where does Alen Polakof work?
- Alen Polakof is Founder of Flai.
- What companies did Alen Polakof found?
- Alen Polakof founded Flai.
- Where did Alen Polakof go to school?
- Alen Polakof studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Computer Science); Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Georgia Institute of Technology mafia365
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Neil UnderwoodBSFounded Canapi Ventures +2Lukasz GadowskiExchange SemesterFounded Spreadshirt +2Bettina HeinMasters of Science in Computer ScienceFounded Juli +2Eduardo NeeterMBAFounded Atdc +2Jeff FlowersMS and BSFounded Carbonite +2Aamir PoonawallaMastersFounded Orchestra +1
+ 358 more
Uber mafia233
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Garrett CampFounder & ChairmanFounded Aero +1Raquel UrtasunChief Scientist, Head of Uber ATG R&DFounded WaabiGary VaynerchukAngel InvestorFounded Empathywines +4Dan LifshitsEngineering ContractorFounded GO GLOBAL WORLD +1David PickerellLead Operations and Logistics ManagerFounded GigSafe +1Ben LernerSoftware Engineer, InfrastructureFounded Espresso AI +1
+ 226 more
HappyRobot mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology706
Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesWouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersWill McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures
+ 700 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Flai2
Also worked at HappyRobot7
Sunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesKerry WeiPrincipal at Prysm CapitalPablo PalafoxFounder at HappyRobotLuis PaarupFounder at HappyRobotJavier PalafoxFounder at HappyRobotAri PolakofFounder at Flai
+ 1 more
Also worked at Uber602
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack
+ 596 more