Arlan Rakhmetzhanov
FounderFounder at Nozomio
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedNozomio · YC
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Arlan: together at Stanford University
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About
Arlan Rakhmetzhanov conducted research at Stanford and previously built an early-stage startup that reached 20,000 users.
Founder at NozomioYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Arlan 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 Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Nozomio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Arlan can intro founders to Nozomio's investors below.
Nozomio's investors · 7
Abstraction CapitalKansas City · $50K – $400K checksBoxGroupNew York · $1M checks · since 2025CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2025Fuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checks · since 2025LocalGlobeLondon · since 2025Transpose Platform ManagementHoustonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
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Experience
- NozomioCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford Universityresearch2024 — 2025
- Hanlan Techfounder2024Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Clash of Clans Mod Apkclan owner & ceo & defender2017
- startup w my grandmaSales Specialist2014 — 2015Almaty, Kazakhstan
Skills & more
handsome2founder2OOP2making ur eng team 10x faster5replying in 1 minute2smile4breaking things4moving fast4making tteokbokki2breaking things, moving fast3C (Programming Language)4Full-Stack Development4
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Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)PythonResearch SkillsJupyter NotebookDatabasesReact NativeWritingEarly Stage VenturesReact.jsCloud FirestoreNext.jsTailwind CSS- i cheated on every single lecture — CS50
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- Who is Arlan Rakhmetzhanov?
- Arlan Rakhmetzhanov conducted research at Stanford and previously built an early-stage startup that reached 20,000 users.
- Where does Arlan Rakhmetzhanov work?
- Arlan Rakhmetzhanov is Founder of Nozomio.
- What companies did Arlan Rakhmetzhanov found?
- Arlan Rakhmetzhanov founded Nozomio.
- Where did Arlan Rakhmetzhanov go to school?
- Arlan Rakhmetzhanov studied at Y Combinator; Almaty International School (High School Diploma); Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Stanford University mafia1,934
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences mafia15
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LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program mafia5
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Wharton Global Youth Program mafia2
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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
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Also attended Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences25
Manasi MaheshwariInvestor at Dorm RoomBruno TrivelliInvestment Analyst at VI PartnersAsh PanchangSenior Associate at Bling CapitalGabriel MéhaignerieAssociate at Pace VenturesCathryn HartSenior Associate at SCF PartnersKyle RuarkInvestor at The March Group
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Also attended LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program7
Marwan RefaatGeneral Partner at FractalThomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture CapitalShreya GoyalVice President, Finance & Strategy at ButterflyRishi TalatiFounder at HotplateScott HickmannFounder at SidenoteAli TabbaFounder at Gravy
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Also attended Wharton Global Youth Program1
Shared employers
Also worked at Stanford University1,153
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)
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