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Dane Schneider

Founder

Founder at Envkey

San Mateo, California, United States

FoundedEnvkey Β· YC

About

Dane Schneider is the founder of EnvKey, which provides encrypted storage and access management for application secrets and configuration data.

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Dane Schneider @danenania

This is also my experience https://t.co/OAMl3my9In

Mar 21, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

Dane Schneider @danenania

Excited to join @OpenAI as an engineer alongside the @promptfoo team! Expecting to have quite a bit of fun helping to build and secure the next gen of agents for the biggest companies on earth

Mar 20, 2026 Β· β™₯ 6

Dane Schneider @danenania

More here on the tension between safety and capabilities in AI security: https://t.co/60YC1S63ID

Nov 15, 2025 Β· β™₯ 2

Founder at EnvkeyYC W18

Intro paths

YC

Dane went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Dane can intro founders to Envkey's investors below.

Envkey's investors Β· 2

FundersClubY Combinator

Experience

  1. OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. PromptfooStaff Engineer2025 β€” 2026San Mateo, California, United States
  3. PlandexAIFounder2024 β€” 2025
  4. EnvKeyFounder2017 β€” 2024
  5. Give LivelySoftware Engineer / Designer2016Greater New York City Area
  6. Smooth ConversionPartner2013 β€” 2015Brooklyn, NY
  7. Independent ConsultantFreelance Software Developer2011 β€” 2013
  8. WordsmythFlash and Flex Developer, Game Designer2009 β€” 2011Ithaca, NY, USA
  9. Self-Employed Professional Poker PlayerPoker Player and Coach2004 β€” 2009

Education

  1. St. Lawrence UniversityPhilosophy2003 β€” 2004

Skills & more

nodejsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Ruby on Rails11JavaScript10ReactjsiOS1Objective-C1Python4PostgreSQL1MySQL4MongoDBNode.js
+12 morejQueryFlashCSSUnixAnsibleProduct DesignSecurityTypeScriptGoAI AgentsUser Interface DesignDevOps

Languages English Β· Spanish

From Dane's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

OpenAI mafia50

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sean GroveMember of Technical StaffFounded Linzumi +2Matt KrisiloffFounding Team MemberFounded Preventive +1Tanooj LuthraMember of Technical StaffFounded Elph +1Brian BrunnerMember of Technical StaffFounded DataShare +1Michael DAngeloMember of Technical StaffFounded PromptFoo +1Abhijeet DwivediStrategic Deployment / AI TransformationFounded Central +1

+ 43 more

St. Lawrence University mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Trip HoferBachelor of ArtsFounded RedoxKarson HumistonBachelor's degreeFounded PiklAlexander MeekBSFounded Moxion Power Co.

PromptFoo mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

George MathewInvestorFounded AnacondaMichael DAngeloCo-Founder, CTOFounded Arthena

Same school

Also attended St. Lawrence University20

Trip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesDavid SwainChief Marketing Officer at ParadigmPatch PaczkowskiVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsKarson HumistonAdvisor at Colle Capital PartnersReid HutchinsManaging Director at Advantage Capital PartnersWill ArquiettAnalyst at Advantage Capital Partners

+ 14 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Promptfoo3

Ganesh BellManaging Director at Insight PartnersGeorge MathewManaging Director at Insight PartnersMichael DAngeloCo-Founder & CTO at Arthena

Also worked at Independent Consultant3

Evan OkunPrincipal at Working Capital FundAzade HosseiniVenture Associate at NYU Innovation Venture FundManish TangriInvestor at Micron Ventures