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Chen Atlas

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Founder at Optery · Founder/CTO at Cleanly

New York, New York, United States

FoundedCleanly · YCOptery · YC

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2,287 people in our graph share verified history with Chen — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Chen Atlas co-founded Cleanly, an on-demand laundry service, and As You Stay, and later served as tech lead and architect overseeing 50+ engineers at Runa HR. He holds a BA from Bar-Ilan University and participated in Y Combinator's W15 batch with Cleanly.

Founder at OpteryYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Chen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Chen can intro founders to Optery's investors below.

Optery's investors · 6

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $637K – $32M checks · since 2023Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2023Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2023TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Optery

LGLawrence Gentilello
Lawrence GentilelloFounder

Founder/CTO at CleanlyYC W15

Intro paths

YC

Chen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Chen can intro founders to Cleanly's investors below.

Cleanly's investors · 4

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015AddventureNicosia · $1M – $10M checks · since 2018FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2018Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Cleanly

THTom Harari
Tom HarariFounder/CEO
IFItay Forer
Itay ForerFounder/COO

Experience

  1. OpteryCTO & Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. RunaTech Lead2019 — 2020
  3. Feature.fmVP Product2018 — 2020New York
  4. As You StayCTO & Co-Founder2016 — 2018New York
  5. CleanlyCo-Founder and CTO2014 — 2016New York
  6. ExzacSolution Architect2011 — 2014United States, New York
  7. MamramIDF - C# Programmer2005 — 2009
  8. MamramIT Project Manager2005 — 2008
  9. MamramISO Quality Manager of Department2005 — 2008

Skills & more

ManagementOOP40Web Applications54Web Services20Scrum12Server Architecture7Database Design8Software Development10System Architecture7Object Oriented Design4Software Design3Design Patterns3
+12 moreSoftware EngineeringNHibernateNagiosServer AdministrationIP NetworkingSoftware Project ManagementService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Product ManagementObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)C#.NETSQL
  • CCNA 1/CCNA 2 — Cisco NetAcademy
  • Network and Infrastructure Architecture — John Bryce
  • Quality Management — IDF
  • Oracle Database Administration (DBA) — John Bryce
  • SQL Server Database Administration (DBA) — John Bryce
  • C# Programming — Microsoft
  • Design Patterns — Basmach, IDF

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Chen Atlas?
Chen Atlas co-founded Cleanly, an on-demand laundry service, and As You Stay, and later served as tech lead and architect overseeing 50+ engineers at Runa HR. He holds a BA from Bar-Ilan University and participated in Y Combinator's W15 batch with Cleanly.
Where does Chen Atlas work?
Chen Atlas is Founder/CTO of Cleanly and Founder at Optery.
What companies did Chen Atlas found?
Chen Atlas founded Cleanly, Optery.
Where did Chen Atlas go to school?
Chen Atlas studied at Y Combinator; Y Combinator (Business); Bar-Ilan University (BA, Technological Management).

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