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Chad Swenson

Founder

Founder at Tappity

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedTappity · YC

About

Founder of Tappity, a platform offering interactive science lessons for children.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at TappityYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Chad went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tappity's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Chad can intro founders to Tappity's investors below.

Tappity's investors · 2

Brighter CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Tappity

LTLawrence Tran
Lawrence TranFounder

Experience

  1. AmplitudePrincipal Product Manager - Statsigcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TappityFounder, CEO, Head of Product2018 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
  3. Bill.comLead Product Designer2016 — 2018Palo Alto, California, United States
  4. YahooInteraction Designer2014 — 2015Sunnyvale
  5. AdherialUX/UI Designer2013 — 2014
  6. Intel CorporationSoftware Developer Intern2012Hillsboro Oregon
  7. Connected StudiosApplication Full Stack Developer2010 — 2012Marin California
  8. Oregon State UnivsersityProgramming Teaching Assistant2010 — 2012Corvallis, Oregon
  9. Contract WorkFreelance Developer2009 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science2008 — 2013
  2. Skyline high

Skills & more

Large Language Models (LLM)tool/agent orchestrationProduct GrowthOnboardingAI APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, AnthropicAI evaluation/observabilityRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)UI/UXFigma (Software)MixpanelLead GenerationProduct Design
+12 moreiOS DevelopmentPrototypingJavaScriptCSSPHPHTMLUser ExperienceJavaTeam LeadershipPublic SpeakingMentoringPhotoshop

Languages English

From Chad's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Oregon State University38

Mandy CulverInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalElliot HershbergScientist, Writer, and Investor on a mission to accelerate The Century of BiologyPaula MariwalaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesShane WallPartner & President of CXO Network at FusionMaurice GundersonManaging Director Emeritus at Autotech VenturesAndrew NealonPartner & CTO at Joyance Partners

+ 32 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Amplitude17

Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalLogan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesThomas LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)James EvansDirector, Head of AI at Asymmetric Capital PartnersErica Ruliffson SchultzPresident, Field Operations (former), Confluent at Operator Collective

+ 11 more

Also worked at Tappity2

Max BallFounder at LoftyLawrence TranFounder at Tappity

Also worked at Bill.com18

Rory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersStacey BishopPartner at Scale Venture PartnersDavid HornikGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalPeter KightSenior Advisor at Commerce VenturesAndy CohenSVP of Sales at Bill.com at PICUS CAPITALEddy EkstromVice President, Data Science at Mainsail Partners

+ 12 more

Also worked at Yahoo243

Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures

+ 237 more