About
Founder of Emdash, an open-source development environment for running coding agents in parallel with task scheduling and diff review capabilities.
Founder at EmdashYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Arne went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Emdash's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Arne can intro founders to Emdash's investors below.
Emdash's investors · 1
Co-founders at Emdash
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Raban von SpiegelFounder
Experience
- Emdash (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentСан-Франциско, CA
- Thrive CapitalSoftware Engineer2025
- LangdockFounders Associate, Product2023 — 2024
- ThroneVenture Development2022 — 2023
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arne Strickmann?
- Founder of Emdash, an open-source development environment for running coding agents in parallel with task scheduling and diff review capabilities.
- Where does Arne Strickmann work?
- Arne Strickmann is Founder of Emdash.
- What companies did Arne Strickmann found?
- Arne Strickmann founded Emdash.
- Where did Arne Strickmann go to school?
- Arne Strickmann studied at Y Combinator; CODE University of Applied Sciences (BS Software Engineering); 42 Paris (Computer Science).
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