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Anna Monaco

Founder

Founder at Paradigm

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedParadigm · YC

30 Under 30 2025 · AI 30 Under 30 2015 · Law & Policy

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384 people in our graph share verified history with Anna — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Anna: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About

Anna Monaco studied computer science and entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania and is the founder and CEO of Paradigm.

Founder at Paradigm YC W24

Intro paths

YC

Anna went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Anna can intro founders to Paradigm's investors below.

Paradigm's investors · 3

Failup VenturesHelsinki · $200K – $1M checks The MBA Fund Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Paradigm

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Kelli NewmanCofounder

Experience

ParadigmFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
Bessemer Venture PartnersFellow2023
Aire LabsCo-Founder2020 — 2022
MicrosoftProduct Manager2022
GoogleSoftware Engineer2021
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearcher2020 — 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Anna Monaco?: Anna Monaco studied computer science and entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania and is the founder and CEO of Paradigm.
Where does Anna Monaco work?: Anna Monaco is Founder of Paradigm.
What companies did Anna Monaco found?: Anna Monaco founded Paradigm.
Where did Anna Monaco go to school?: Anna Monaco studied at University of Pennsylvania (BS, Computer Science); Prod (Cohort 3 ++); Y Combinator (W24).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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Bessemer Venture Partners mafia35

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sharon MeersPartnerFounded Kurbo Health +2 Sameer DholakiaPartnerFounded SendGrid +1 Kashish GuptaVenture Capital InvestorFounded Hightouch +1 Mark LurieVenture InvestorFounded Midao Ethan KurzweilPartnerFounded Linden Lab Jason FingerEIRFounded Salvo Health

+ 28 more

Prod mafia17

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Robbie KhazanFounded Payvment Devi JhaFounded Cardinal Maggie ZhangCohort 2Founded Read Bean Anna SunCohort 2.0Founded Nowadays Jonas NelleFounded Autotab David LalorCohort 3.0Founded Consul

+ 10 more

Marymount School of New York mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Lily YarboroughFounded Valinor Digital

Same school

Also attended University of Pennsylvania1,404

Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation Kunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan Capital Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychology Leah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures Eghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC Partners Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures

+ 1,398 more

Also attended Prod16

Robbie KhazanInvestor at Tq Ventures Llc Devi JhaFounder at Cardinal Maggie ZhangFounder at Read Bean Anna SunFounder at Nowadays Jonas NelleFounder at Autotab David LalorCo-Founder, CEO at Consul

+ 10 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Marymount School of New York2

Trinity ColeAnalyst, Capital Formation at Pennybacker Lily YarboroughExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at Valinor Digital

Shared employers

Also worked at Bessemer Venture Partners170

Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable Capital Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst Tiffany SpencerHead of Marketing at Menlo Ventures

+ 164 more

Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

+ 1,994 more

Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Arash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox

+ 1,994 more

Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology860

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Michael TruellCo-founder & CEO of Cursor Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of Waabi Colin WebbFounder & CEO of Avatar Robotics Abraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of Skydio

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