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About
Christian Pickett previously worked at Vercel and Coinbase, and is now cofounder of Orthogonal, which builds agentic payment solutions for APIs.
CEO at OrthogonalYC W26
Intro paths
Christian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Orthogonal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Christian can intro founders to Orthogonal's investors below.
Orthogonal's investors · 9
Co-founders at Orthogonal
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Christian Pickett?
- Christian Pickett previously worked at Vercel and Coinbase, and is now cofounder of Orthogonal, which builds agentic payment solutions for APIs.
- Where does Christian Pickett work?
- Christian Pickett is CEO of Orthogonal.
- What companies did Christian Pickett found?
- Christian Pickett founded Orthogonal.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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IBM mafia657
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McGill University mafia281
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Coinbase mafia121
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) mafia40
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