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About
Armen Arakelyan is Co-founder and CTO at Ornadyne, developing autonomous flapping-wing aircraft. He previously worked as a Starship components engineer at SpaceX and led machining operations at the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at the University of Southern California.
CTO at OrnadyneYC X26
Intro paths
Armen went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ornadyne's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Armen can intro founders to Ornadyne's investors below.
Ornadyne's investors · 5
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Co-founders at Ornadyne
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Armen Arakelyan?
- Armen Arakelyan is Co-founder and CTO at Ornadyne, developing autonomous flapping-wing aircraft. He previously worked as a Starship components engineer at SpaceX and led machining operations at the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at the University of Southern California.
- Where does Armen Arakelyan work?
- Armen Arakelyan is CTO of Ornadyne.
- What companies did Armen Arakelyan found?
- Armen Arakelyan founded Ornadyne.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of Southern California mafia458
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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