About
Braden Wong studied ethics, politics, and economics at Yale, where he wrote a senior thesis on open-source governance and digital platforms. He has worked at three YC startups and maintains active involvement in software development.
Founder at EpicenterYC S25
Intro paths
Braden went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Epicenter's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Braden can intro founders to Epicenter's investors below.
Epicenter's investors · 1
Experience
- Epicenter (YC S25)Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Spur (YC S24)Software Engineer2024 — 2025
- EcoPackablesFounding(ish) Engineer2023 — 2025
- Penguin AIFull Stack Engineer2023
- Yale Buttery BookBuilding Yale Buttery Book (and Other Silly Yale Apps)2021 — 2023New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Center for AI SafetyMachine Learning Safety Scholar2022Berkeley, California, United States
- Emerge®Investor Experience Intern2021 — 2022Marina del Rey, California, United States
- DexSoftware Engineer Intern2021San Francisco, California, United States
Skills & more
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JavaScriptHTMLVue.jsGitCJavaSQLPostgreSQLNoSQLHasuraNuxt.jsQuasar FrameworkFrom Braden's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Braden Wong?
- Braden Wong studied ethics, politics, and economics at Yale, where he wrote a senior thesis on open-source governance and digital platforms. He has worked at three YC startups and maintains active involvement in software development.
- Where does Braden Wong work?
- Braden Wong is Founder of Epicenter.
- What companies did Braden Wong found?
- Braden Wong founded Epicenter.
- Where did Braden Wong go to school?
- Braden Wong studied at Yale University (Bachelor's degree, Ethics); Arcadia High School (Valedictorian); The Wharton School (Leadership in the Business World (LBW)).
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