Fundraising Fox

Charlie Holtz

Founder

Founder at Conductor

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedConductor Β· YC

About

Charlie Holtz is a co-founder and CEO at Conductor. He previously led growth at Replicate and worked as a quantitative developer at Point72. He studied cognitive neuroscience at Brown University.

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Charlie Holtz @charlieholtz

I love this https://t.co/uQmk7G67pv

Aug 2, 2026 Β· β™₯ 20

Charlie Holtz @charlieholtz

So cool seeing all the stuff the community is building with the API. I’ve seen people make mobile clients, their own orchestrators, OpenClaws that manage Conductor workspaces. I’m expecting that within a few months most of Conductor workspaces are created by agents https://t.co/AKfjBmhttz

Jul 31, 2026 Β· β™₯ 50 Β· ⇄ 2

Charlie Holtz @charlieholtz

I almost forgot to mention, today we also shipped split tabs :) Turn it on in Settings β†’ Experimental. https://t.co/97IdVQWEAA

Jul 31, 2026 Β· β™₯ 262 Β· ⇄ 7

Founder at ConductorYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Charlie went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Conductor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

β†’

In turn, Charlie can intro founders to Conductor's investors below.

Conductor's investors Β· 3

Blue Cloud VenturesMatrixY Combinator

Co-founders at Conductor

JDJackson de Campos
Jackson de CamposFounder

Experience

  1. ConductorFounder + CEOcurrent2024 β€” present
  2. ReplicateEngineer2023 β€” 2024
  3. Point72Quantitative Researcher2020 β€” 2023New York, United States
  4. ActionIQForward Deployed Engineer2019 β€” 2020New York City
  5. Brown UniversityResearch Assistant – Computational Vision2016 β€” 2018Providence, Rhode Island Area
  6. The Wheeler SchoolArchitecture & Design Teacher2017 β€” 2018Providence, Rhode Island Area
  7. Harvard University Graduate School of DesignDesign Discovery2017Greater Boston Area

Education

  1. Brown UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Honors in (Computational) Cognitive Neuroscience2013 β€” 2018
  2. Ethical Culture Fieldston School2002 β€” 2013

Skills & more

Java6Python4Tensorflow2HTML1MATLABPython (Programming Language)2

From Charlie's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Brown University mafia88

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Grant VerstandigFounded Trase +3Drew DurbinFounded Wave +1Pablo Bermudez-CaneteLaboratory Research in BiomedicineFounded Paratus Health +1Andy SackBAFounded Forum3Carolyn StarrettB.A.Founded Flatiron HealthNeil ParikhBAFounded Casper

+ 81 more

Point72 mafia11

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

David SchafferHead of Private Investments, LegalFounded ViveretxMiles SaffranResearch AnalystFounded RailbirdAvery YipAnalystFounded VesselDuc PhamLong-Short EquityFounded Marathon EducationDaniel KwakVice PresidentFounded PaperplanePaul SingerAcademy Summer AnalystFounded FleetWorks

+ 4 more

Replicate mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Arnav SahuInvestorFounded WolfiaPranav SekharGrowth LeadFounded Scout

Same school

Also attended Brown University389

Theresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew CapitalAlexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesJohn KimInvestor Relations at General CatalystAli Fisher SweetInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

+ 383 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Conductor2

Sam LehmanPrincipal at Symbolic Capital (ex Hyperedge Capital)Jackson de CamposFounder at Conductor

Also worked at Point7238

Connor HillAssistant Controller at GreycroftAlex GochalTax Director at StripesAndrewInvestor at Exceptional CapitalEvan FengPartner at CoinFundLingling JiangPartner at DWF LabsBrandon AdamsAnalyst at Logos

+ 32 more

Also worked at ActionIQ6

Artur BergmanFounder, Fastly at Amplify PartnersSunil DhaliwalGeneral Partner at Amplify PartnersNitay JoffeInvestor at Verissimo VenturesCarl SparksManaging Partner at Interlock PartnersTasso ArgyrosVenture Partner at FirstMarkCharles BaiFounder at Paces

Also worked at Brown University88

Alexis AlstonInvestor at Lightship CapitalLauren KolodnyInvestor at Aspect VenturesDavid BorcsokPartner at Mucker CapitalDavid MoskowitzPrincipal at MPM BioImpactPaxton MajorManaging Director at Northpond VenturesChuck DavisOperating Partner at TCV

+ 82 more