About
Chase Kim previously worked at Sendbird, a YC-backed communications platform, and is now building consumer brands using AI.
Chase Kim @chasingjohnnn
We're building autonomous companies. "Autonomous" companies... This is me and my co-founder's dad and packing hundreds of skincare boxes. A few things we've learned: 1. the physical world is hard. really really really really hard. 2. anyone in the last mile will survive https://t.co/AiowzWBXm4
Jun 5, 2026 Β· β₯ 4
Chase Kim @chasingjohnnn
Rebuilt from scratch! That is the only way. https://t.co/YmW2a4TGyN
Jun 4, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
Chase Kim @chasingjohnnn
10/ Last and a crazy thought Other than raw materials, if the cost of labor and research continues to trend downwards, we don't see a reason why manufacturing continues to be focused to certain countries like China. We're thinking of building brands entirely in the US.
May 29, 2026
Co-founder at Light AnchorYC X26
Intro paths
Chase went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Light Anchor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Chase can intro founders to Light Anchor's investors below.
Light Anchor's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Light Anchor
