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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.

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 CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bowen Xue?
Bowen Xue worked at Together, a Y Combinator-backed company, and currently leads DisputeNinja, which addresses payment disputes.
Where does Bowen Xue work?
Bowen Xue is Founder of DisputeNinja.
What companies did Bowen Xue found?
Bowen Xue founded DisputeNinja.
Where did Bowen Xue go to school?
Bowen Xue studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Carleton University (Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science).

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