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Bogdan Pyzh

Founder

Co-Founder, COO at 9 Mothers

Austin, Texas, United States

Founded9 Mothers · YC

About

Co-founder and COO of 9 Mothers, which builds counter-drone defense systems for military applications.

LinkedIn ↗

Co-Founder, COO at 9 MothersYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Bogdan went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran 9 Mothers's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Bogdan can intro founders to 9 Mothers's investors below.

9 Mothers's investors · 5

Daft CapitalSterling RoadStreamlined VenturesTheory Forge VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at 9 Mothers

RSRussell Smith
Russell SmithFounder / CEO
RKRoman Khomenko
Roman KhomenkoFounder

Experience

  1. 9 MothersCo-Founder, COOcurrent2024 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  2. OpsHelm, Inc.Chief of Staff2023 — 2024Austin, Texas, United States
  3. Leviathan Security GroupEMEA Practice Lead2020 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. Leviathan Security GroupSecurity Consultant2019 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  5. OCTALCo-Founder2020Seattle, Washington, United States
  6. World Wide TechnologyApplication Security Intern2018

Education

  1. Baylor UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science2015 — 2018

Skills & more

C++6C4Java16JavaScript3Python2Django5HTML3CSS3Bash11SQL3Git5Cyber-security10
+5 moreKali LinuxUnixNmapBurp SuiteUkrainian

Languages Ukrainian

From Bogdan's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Baylor University mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Gordon DaughertyB.S.Founded Colossal BiosciencesGordian BraunMBA (Master of Business Administration)Founded onetoolIan EavesBachelor’s DegreeFounded GraiAyomide OmolewaBachelor's degreeFounded a0.dev

Same school

Also attended Baylor University30

Amanda BuschGeneral Counsel at Mucker CapitalRachel CraftOffice Assistant at Mercury FundGordon DaughertyCo-Founder & Chairman at Capital FactoryTy FindleyCo-Founder + General Partner at Ironspring VentureGenevieve GilbreathCo-Founder | General Partner at Springdale VenturesEric WilsonPartner at Serra Ventures

+ 24 more

Shared employers

Also worked at 9 Mothers2

Russell SmithFounder / CTO at RainforestRoman KhomenkoFounder at 9 Mothers

Also worked at OpsHelm, Inc.1

Andrew PetersonFounder, Signal Sciences at Decibel Partners

Also worked at World Wide Technology3

Paul WeberGeneral Partner at Cultivation CapitalKunal SinhaVenture Partner at Zero Infinity PartnersJoseph McAllisterCo-Founder & CTO at MouseCat