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Bowen Xue

Founder

Founder at DisputeNinja

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDisputeNinja · YC

About

Bowen Xue worked at Together, a Y Combinator-backed company, and currently leads DisputeNinja, which addresses payment disputes.

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Bowen @xboxue

I’m excited to announce that DisputeNinja has been acquired by @whop to build state of the art payments and fraud fighting infrastructure. We joined @ycombinator in the S23 batch and have been building a chargeback-automation product that has helped software and AI startups https://t.co/HwtleGc1pG

Dec 3, 2025 · ♥ 290 · ⇄ 15

Bowen @xboxue

Feel this very strongly - my feed turned into TikTok junk last month and hasn’t recovered since https://t.co/SRYojBCWDd

Jul 13, 2024 · ♥ 11

Bowen @xboxue

recently learned you can get a studio in a luxury condo in sf for ~$2k/mo with move in discounts. can’t believe I’ve been paying close to that and living in poverty this entire time

Jul 4, 2024 · ♥ 6

Founder at DisputeNinjaYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Bowen went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — 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 DisputeNinja's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Bowen can intro founders to DisputeNinja's investors below.

DisputeNinja's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at DisputeNinja

MWMax Wu
Max WuFounder

Experience

  1. WhopHead of Payments Product2025 — 2026
  2. DisputeNinja (YC S23)Co-Founder2023 — 2025San Francisco, CA
  3. PaperSoftware Engineer2023
  4. Together SoftwareEngineer #22020 — 2021
  5. Together SoftwareSoftware Engineer Intern2020
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
  7. KinaxisMachine Learning Platform Developer Intern2018Ottawa, Canada Area

Education

  1. University of WaterlooBachelor's degree, Computer Science
  2. Carleton UniversityBachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science2017 — 2020

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo207

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

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Also attended Carleton University43

Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupTrevor BlackwellInvestor at Y CombinatorKetav MehtaInvestor at Motus Ventures, LlcKenzie MacIsaacPartner at Cure VenturesFahim SheikhCEO & Co-founder at Mudita VentureAmit SharmaFounder/GP at Black Jays Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Whop4

Merritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital VenturesDiego BartoliInvestor at NuMundo VenturesGriffin JohnsonGeneral Partner at Animal CapitalMax WuFounder at DisputeNinja

Also worked at DisputeNinja (YC S23)1

Max WuFounder at DisputeNinja

Also worked at Together Software2

Matthew ReevesFounder at Together SoftwareJosh LampenFounder at Cartage

Also worked at Microsoft757

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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