About
Charles Pan is CEO of Stage and previously worked as an engineer at Yuzu Health and Five Rings Capital. He holds a degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Charles Pan @ceefryingpan
i swear @tryramp is a customer of every post PMF startup I come across
Jul 17, 2026 · ♥ 4
Charles Pan @ceefryingpan
Is this the inflection point of developers not using the most “frontier” model by default? https://t.co/lIlBAIaaVO
Jul 8, 2026 · ♥ 1
Charles Pan @ceefryingpan
Claude/Codex talks too verbosely. I always find myself asking it to dumb things down for me Has anyone solved this
Jul 7, 2026 · ♥ 1
Founder at StageYC X26
Intro paths
Charles went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Stage's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Charles can intro founders to Stage's investors below.
Stage's investors · 1
Co-founders at Stage
