About
Chris Farestveit worked as a product manager and engineer at BCG and Dapper before founding Primer, where he is developing AI agents for sales, onboarding, and support functions.
Founder at RelawYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Chris went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — 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 — the partner who ran Relaw's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Chris can intro founders to Relaw's investors below.
Relaw's investors · 1
Experience
- Relaw (YC F25)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Dapper LabsProduct Manager2021 — 2024
- BCG XProduct Manager2017 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
- American ExpressProduct Manager2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- RepairSmithCo-founder, Product Manager2018 — 2019Los Angeles, California, United States
- EdmundsProduct Manager2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- AT&TProduct Manager2016Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- CiscoSoftware Engineer2015San Jose, California
- SonderCo-founder, Software Engineer2014 — 2015Santa Barbara, California
Skills & more
Leadership29Teamwork23Public Speaking13Research12Programming5Marketing Strategy4Project Management6Writing1Data Analysis3Product DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesLean Six Sigma
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Business DevelopmentFinanceOperations ManagementEntrepreneurshipDesignStrategyRisk ManagementSoftware DevelopmentConsumer BehaviorProduct InnovationData CollectionGo-to-market StrategyLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Farestveit?
- Chris Farestveit worked as a product manager and engineer at BCG and Dapper before founding Primer, where he is developing AI agents for sales, onboarding, and support functions.
- Where does Chris Farestveit work?
- Chris Farestveit is Founder of Relaw.
- What companies did Chris Farestveit found?
- Chris Farestveit founded Relaw.
- Where did Chris Farestveit go to school?
- Chris Farestveit studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Master's in Engineering Management); Dartmouth College (Entrepreneurship, Engineering Management).
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Shared employers
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