Christopher Golda
FounderFounder at BackType
San Francisco, California
Writes $80K β $1M checks Β· typically $150K
FoundedBackType Β· YC
Christopher Golda @golda
The goal of Y Combinator has never been scarcity and that's implicit in the name. We think there should be more startups in the world, and YC exists to help create them. There are far more people who can, should, and will be in the arena. So yeah, we rented out an arena. https://t.co/sJuNBetrSN
Jul 26, 2026 Β· β₯ 202 Β· β 17
Christopher Golda @golda
9M developers running AI locally with @ollama Excited to see what this next period of growth means for open source AI Congrats @jmorgan @mchiang0610 & team! https://t.co/iaqqZAA3SP
Jul 9, 2026 Β· β₯ 21 Β· β 4
Christopher Golda @golda
RIP Om https://t.co/WYpzVfaa4w
Jun 26, 2026 Β· β₯ 7
Founder at BackTypeYC S08
Intro paths
Christopher went through Y Combinator (Summer 2008) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Christopher can intro founders to BackType's investors below.
BackType's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at BackType
Network2
Investors connected to Christopher in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.



