About
Christian DalSanto is founder and CEO of Maitai. He previously co-founded Yew, led AI engineering at Presto (an S10 company), and managed the Big Bets team at Earnin, with experience bringing AI applications from experimental stages to production systems at scale.
Founder / CEO at MaitaiYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Christian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β 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 β the partner who ran Maitai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Christian can intro founders to Maitai's investors below.
Maitai's investors Β· 1
Experience
- MaitaiFounder & CEOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2024 β present
- YewCEO, Co-Founder2023 β 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- PrestoDirector of Engineering, Vision2022 β 2023Redwood City, California, United States
- PrestoEngineering Manager2018 β 2022Redwood City, California
- PrestoSenior Android Engineer2018Redwood City, CA
- AnvilCo-Founder2016 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- EarninEngineering Manager2020 β 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- Feral InnovationsLead Mobile Architect2016 β 2018Napa, California
- iStream Financial ServicesSoftware Engineer2014 β 2016Brookfield, Wisconsin
Education
- Y Combinator
- University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeComputer Engineering2012 β 2016
- Sturgeon Bay High SchoolHigh School Diploma
Skills & more
Java7Python1Amazon Web Services (AWS)1TensorFlow1KerasJavaScript3Angular1Git2PostgreSQL2Arduino1MySQLRESTful WebServices1
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JupyterGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Computer VisionAndroid DevelopmentMachine LearningAgile MethodologiesMicrocontrollersShell ScriptingOpenCVSciPyImage SegmentationTypeScriptLanguages English Β· Portuguese Β· Spanish
From Christian's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,463
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pioneer Fund56
Ganesh NayakFundraising and Capital Markets at Avataar Venture PartnersZach WaterfieldInvestor at Ripple VenturesNicholas GoldnerVenture Partner at Alix VenturesDave MessinaAdvisor at Harmonix FundMichael ZhaoPrincipal at Eniac VenturesSaad RizviChief Product Officer at Superlayer
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