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Alex Sands

Founder

Founder at Plasticity

United States

FoundedPlasticity · YC

About

Alex Sands is co-founder of Plasticity, a natural language understanding software company. Previously held product and engineering roles at Apple, Google Nest, and Comcast.

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Founder at PlasticityYC S17

Intro paths

YC

Alex went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Plasticity's investors below.

Plasticity's investors · 2

Dorm RoomY Combinator

Co-founders at Plasticity

APAjay Patel
Ajay PatelFounder

Experience

  1. TruemedVice President of Product Managementcurrent2026 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  2. TruemedGM, Truemed Health2025 — 2026Austin, Texas, United States
  3. PlasticityCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer2016 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. AppleEngineering Product Manager2016Cupertino
  5. ComcastStrategic Development Intern2015Philadelphia, PA
  6. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2014

Education

  1. University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science & Bachelor of Science in Economics2013 — 2017
  2. Y CombinatorYCAI2017
  3. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology2009 — 2013

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship32Web Development19Web Design11Marketing21Digital Media4E-commerce9Social Media Marketing6SEO5Web 2.04Microsoft Office3Java4Python4
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Languages Russian

From Alex's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

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Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology20

Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftMorgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer CapitalEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersShreyas GargInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Anis RashidEIR at Serena VenturesWill ZengPartner at Quantonation

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Shared employers

Also worked at Truemed2

Lee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of EdelweissJustin MaresBuilding companies at the intersection of health and technology.

Also worked at Plasticity1

Ajay PatelFounder at Plasticity

Also worked at Apple294

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at DaphniTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications

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Also worked at Comcast35

Wesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesLee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of EdelweissDaniel MurrayVenture Partner at Calibrate VenturesMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundGil BirnboimHead of Platform at UpWestRyan SandersManaging Director at Mercato Partners

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