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635 people in our graph share verified history with Daniel — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Hannes Voucko-GlocknerunlockedDaniel: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024–2025)
×3Daniel: together at Citadel Securities
×3Daniel: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
×2Daniel: together at Lockheedmartin
About
Daniel Ajayi is a computer science student at MIT (graduating 2025) who has worked as an engineer at Citadel Securities and Nvidia, and currently serves as CTO at Sorce.
Founder at SorceYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sorce's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Sorce's investors below.
Sorce's investors · 1
Co-founders at Sorce
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Oluwapelumi DadaFounder
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David AladeFounder
Experience
- SorceCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Citadel SecuritiesSoftware Engineer Intern2024New York, New York, United States
- Ossy AICo-Founder & CEO2023 — 2024
- Citadel SecuritiesSoftware Engineer Intern2023
- IMC TradingIMC Launchpad Trading Program2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Citadel SecuritiesDiscover Citadel Fellow2023New York, New York, United States
- Jane StreetJane Street FOCUS Fellow2023New York, New York, United States
- MIT Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP)MIT Team Training Workshop2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- NVIDIAASIC Design Intern2022Santa Clara, California, United States
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Student Researcher2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Lockheed MartinSoftware Engineer Intern2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Rowan UniversityThink Like an Entrepreneur2020Glassboro, New Jersey, United States
Skills & more
JavaScriptFlaskFull-Stack Development
- Elements of AI — University of Helsinki
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Ajayi?
- Daniel Ajayi is a computer science student at MIT (graduating 2025) who has worked as an engineer at Citadel Securities and Nvidia, and currently serves as CTO at Sorce.
- Where does Daniel Ajayi work?
- Daniel Ajayi is Founder of Sorce.
- What companies did Daniel Ajayi found?
- Daniel Ajayi founded Sorce.
- Where did Daniel Ajayi go to school?
- Daniel Ajayi studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Computer Engineering); Y Combinator (F25); Rowan College of South Jersey (Dual Enrollment).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1Hemant TanejaMinorFounded Hippocratic AINat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinBrad FeldS.B.Founded TechstarsMatt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1
+ 1,214 more
NVIDIA mafia136
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jonathan RossChief Software ArchitectFounded GroqAlán Aspuru-GuzikSenior Director of Quantum ChemistryFounded Intrepid Labs +1Saurabh SrivastavaNemotron, Advanced Deep Learning ResearchFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Lee LiuWeb Software EngineerFounded Mezmo +1Musawir ShahSr. Software Engineer - TegraFounded Jerry +1Alex SismanisAndroid Developer InternFounded L1 Advisors +1
+ 129 more
Lockheedmartin mafia36
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Alain RodriguezAlgorithms and Simulations InternFounded SINAI Technologies Inc. +2Kaitlyn KnoppIS&GS Civil HR InternFounded Pequity +1Max CohenProject ManagerFounded Sprinter Health +1Rodney WilliamsBusiness Development AnalystFounded SoLo Funds +1Atul RaghunathanSoftware Engineering InternFounded HyperboundKumar DandapaniEngineering Leadership Development ProgramFounded Cadenza
+ 29 more
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Williamstown High School1
Shared employers
Also worked at Sorce2
Also worked at Citadel Securities32
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalRama SomayajulaHead of Trading at ParadigmJulia HitchinsInvestor at Positive Sum CapitalQingwen RenCofounder at Mulana CapitalVidur GuptaVice President at Frontenac
+ 26 more
Also worked at Jane Street60
Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIArvid LunnemarkFounder of Integrous Research; co-founder of CursorOlaoluwa OguneyeInvestor at Dorm RoomLeigh Marie BraswellPartner at KPCBSophia LuoPartner at Greylock PartnersChang XuPartner at Basis Set Ventures
+ 54 more
Also worked at Lockheed Martin231
Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcDan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group
+ 225 more