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Courtland Allen

Founder

Founder at Siasto

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedSiasto · YC

About

Courtland Allen founded Indie Hackers, an online community for self-funded founders, which was acquired by Stripe in 2017 and later spun back out as an independent company in 2023. He is now building Siasto.

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Courtland Allen @csallen

I love seeing posts like this. I was a Grandmaster Starcraft 2 player for a while, and I still enjoy watching @Artosis cast Brood War games. https://t.co/q6ocvTD2HF

Apr 19, 2026 · ♥ 34 · ⇄ 1

Courtland Allen @csallen

I was working outside of Starbucks at the mall, and this guy on his laptop next to me started chatting to me about AI coding, and it turned out to be the one and only @Steve_Yegge! https://t.co/bLDo3LsCHT

Nov 9, 2025 · ♥ 81 · ⇄ 3

Courtland Allen @csallen

One of the best things coding agents can do for you is explain things: - an undocumented codebase - all the changes it just made - an unfamiliar SDK or API - a code execution path from start to finish It's fast, accurate, and super helpful. My favorite prompt: "Teach me how

Aug 12, 2025 · ♥ 139 · ⇄ 9

Founder at SiastoYC W11

Intro paths

YC

Courtland went through Y Combinator (Winter 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Experience

  1. Indie HackersCEOcurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. StripeIndie Hacker2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Indie HackersFounder2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Handle, IncSoftware Engineer2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Cinch FinancialSoftware Engineer2013
  6. TaskforceCo-Founder2010 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Syphir LLCCo-Founder2009 — 2010Greater Boston Area
  8. PeopleBrowsr Inc.Software Engineer2008 — 2009
  9. BigTentSoftware Engineer Intern2008San Francisco Bay Area
  10. MIT Media LabUndergraduate Researcher2007 — 2008

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySB, Computer Science2005 — 2009

Skills & more

Ruby on Rails17MySQL13CSS8jQuery8PostgreSQL6Git6Linux5XML4JavaScript8Amazon Web Services (AWS)3Ruby6Python9
+12 moreDjangoNode.jsMongoDBBackbone.jsSASSPHPEmber.jsFront-endUser Experience DesignSoftware EngineeringEarly-stage StartupsiOS development

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Shared employers

Also worked at Indie Hackers1

Jesse TinellPartner at Icebreaker

Also worked at Stripe107

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalLaura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Cinch Financial2

Hannah KimSenior Associate at Norwest Venture PartnersBrigitte MadrianInvestor at Vestigo Ventures

Also worked at MIT Media Lab62

Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesDr. Catherine HavasiAdvisor at AI CapitalWill JackInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersArjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture CapitalKevin TuPartner at DFJRameshPrincipal Scientist at Rebellion Ventures

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