About
Arman Rafati is co-founder and CTO of Glimmer. He previously worked on corporate card products at Mercury and BNPL debit card products at Affirm, and contributed to the development of AWS AppRunner. He holds a degree in Computer Science and Economics from UIUC.
Founder at GlimmerYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Arman went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Glimmer's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Arman can intro founders to Glimmer's investors below.
Glimmer's investors · 1
Co-founders at Glimmer
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Praneeth GuduguntlaFounder
Experience
- Ambria (YC W24)Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- MercurySoftware Engineer Intern2023San Francisco, California, United States
- AffirmSoftware Engineer Intern2022San Francisco, California, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer Intern2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- Jane StreetSEE Program2021New York, New York, United States
- PanasonicSoftware Engineer Intern2020 — 2021Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arman Rafati?
- Arman Rafati is co-founder and CTO of Glimmer. He previously worked on corporate card products at Mercury and BNPL debit card products at Affirm, and contributed to the development of AWS AppRunner. He holds a degree in Computer Science and Economics from UIUC.
- Where does Arman Rafati work?
- Arman Rafati is Founder of Glimmer.
- What companies did Arman Rafati found?
- Arman Rafati founded Glimmer.
- Where did Arman Rafati go to school?
- Arman Rafati studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Economics); Saratoga High School.
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