Find your path to Ari
155 people in our graph share verified history with Ari — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Erica DelamareunlockedAri: together at UC Santa Barbara (2018–2020)
×4Ari: together at Appfolio
×4Ari: together at The University of Edinburgh
×2Ari: together at Georgia Institute of Technology
About
Ari Polakof is co-founder and CEO of Flai. He previously worked as a founding engineer at Happyrobot, a Y Combinator S23 company.
Founder at FlaiYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Ari 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 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, Ari 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 Altos · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Flai
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Juan AlzugarayFounder
AP
Alen PolakofFounder
Experience
- FlaiCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- HappyrobotFounding Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- AppFolioMachine Learning Engineer II2024San Francisco, California, United States
- AppFolioSoftware Engineer II2024San Francisco, California, United States
- AppFolioSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- AppFolioSoftware Engineer Intern2022
- AppFolio, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2021
Skills & more
AWS12Nextjs12React9Python4PyTorch2SQL1Ruby on Rails2React.js1Java1C++2JavaScript1Golang3
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TypeScriptFrom Ari's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ari Polakof?
- Ari Polakof is co-founder and CEO of Flai. He previously worked as a founding engineer at Happyrobot, a Y Combinator S23 company.
- Where does Ari Polakof work?
- Ari Polakof is Founder of Flai.
- What companies did Ari Polakof found?
- Ari Polakof founded Flai.
- Where did Ari Polakof go to school?
- Ari Polakof studied at Y Combinator (S25); Georgia Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Computer Science); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Science - BS, 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
UC Santa Barbara mafia179
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Logan GreenBAFounded LyftNils ReggeBAFounded Developx +2Michael WitzbaFounded Mob Science +2Zheng XuPh.D.Founded SolarCity +1Anita KhamvongsaBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Venbrook +1David J. PhillipsB.A.Founded Fondo +1
+ 172 more
The University of Edinburgh mafia118
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Martin SchrimpffMechanical Engineering with Management TechniquesFounded Kocomo +1Jeffrey ChangGraduate StudiesFounded Doblet +1James WattBachelor of Laws - LLBFounded BrewDog +1Chris Schulze-MelanderOriental StudiesFounded PROPER +1Nicolas HourcardMsc Finance & InvestmentFounded QuestDB +1Jay LipmanBachelor's degreeFounded Resilience Investments +1
+ 111 more
Appfolio mafia11
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Orlando LiSoftware EngineerFounded Malama +1Karan KajlaSoftware EngineerFounded WarrantKaran ToorSoftware EngineerFounded FlexWashEmma NazimDirector, Product - Appfolio Investment ManagerFounded ConstructableMolly AbbottSr. Product Manager | Growth InitiativesFounded ConstructableJohn YoderVice President Of EngineeringFounded Constructable
+ 4 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology701
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
+ 695 more
Also attended UC Santa Barbara487
Logan GreenCo-founder of LyftJen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis VenturesArturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniStephanie DuranInvestor at True Ventures
+ 481 more
Also attended The University of Edinburgh397
Sofia DolfeInvestor at Index VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiKevin JohnsonInvestor at MedicxiPatrick NorrisGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalSarah MandersonLegal Director at Hoxton VenturesClay RowlandInvestment Associate at Mission Biocapital
+ 391 more
