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.
Co-founder & CTO at OrnadyneYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Armen went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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 ↗
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In turn, Armen can intro founders to Ornadyne's investors below.
Ornadyne's investors · 1
Co-founders at Ornadyne
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Geourg KivijianCo-founder & CEO