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Bowen Xue

Founder

Founder at DisputeNinja

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDisputeNinja · YC

Find your path to Bowen

147 people in our graph share verified history with Bowen — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Merritt HummerunlockedBowen: together at Whop (2025–2026)

×10Bowen: together at Carleton University

Bowen: together at Whop

About

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

Founder at DisputeNinja YC S23

Intro paths

YC

Bowen went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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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

MW

Max Wu

Max WuFounder

Experience

WhopHead of Payments Product2025 — 2026
DisputeNinja (YC S23)Co-Founder2023 — 2025San Francisco, CA
PaperSoftware Engineer2023
Together SoftwareEngineer #22020 — 2021
Together SoftwareSoftware Engineer Intern2020
MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
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).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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+ 10,223 more

University of Waterloo mafia346

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090 Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded Instacart Jon LernerBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded Textnow +2 Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1 Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1 Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1

+ 339 more

Carleton University mafia52

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Robin LangtryMaster's degreeFounded Avalanche Energy Designs +1 Matt WhittekerBachelor's DegreeFounded Assent +1 Roy PereiraDegree in playing EuchreFounded Techstars +1 Ramtin AttarMaster's degreeFounded Promise Robotics +1 Fahim SheikhMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.)Founded Trellis Mark SteeleBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded Level Access

+ 45 more

Together Software mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Josh LampenSoftware DeveloperFounded Cartage Adish JainSoftware Engineer llFounded Mosaic

Whop mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Max WuSoftware EngineerFounded DisputeNinja Niranjan BaskaranSoftware EngineerFounded Confluence Labs

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo646

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Achintya ChaudhariInvestor at Lightbank Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Rohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

+ 640 more

Also attended Carleton University138

Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group Ketav MehtaInvestor at Motus Ventures, Llc Alexandra JohnstoneMarketing & Communications Manager at Brightspark Ventures Brent MacDonaldPartner at Rising Tide Kenzie MacIsaacPartner at Cure Ventures Fahim SheikhCEO & Co-founder at Mudita Venture

+ 132 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Whop6

Merritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital Ventures Diego BartoliInvestor at NuMundo Ventures Griffin JohnsonGeneral Partner at Animal Capital Max WuFounder at DisputeNinja Niranjan BaskaranFounder at Confluence Labs Jack SharkeyFounder at Whop

Also worked at DisputeNinja (YC S23)1

Max WuFounder at DisputeNinja

Also worked at Paper1

Ralph RouhanaFounder at Stempad

Also worked at Together Software3

Matthew ReevesFounder at Together Software Josh LampenFounder at Cartage Adish JainFounder at Mosaic