About
Daniel Edrisian is an iOS engineer who served as a founding engineer at FlutterFlow and previously built the iOS app at ElevenLabs. He has interned at Apple, Meta, and Google.
daniel @danieledrisian
We're an in-person team of 8 across SF and Shenzhen, and we're hiring in every domain: hardware, software, and model training. Apply here (or via DMs): https://t.co/2Oj6dzosTr
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daniel @danieledrisian
I've left OpenAI and the Codex team to build Blackstar: A new hardware company building the future of human-computer interaction. We believe that software is solved. Building apps is now easy, but the next meaningful improvement in human-AI communication requires changing the OS https://t.co/Zjd4CJOkzJ
Apr 22, 2026 Β· β₯ 5709 Β· β 286
Founder at AlexYC F24
Intro paths
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Alex's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Alex's investors below.
Alex's investors Β· 5
Experience
- BlackstarFoundercurrent2026 β present
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2025 β 2026
- Alex (YC F24)Founder2024 β 2025
- ElevenLabsSoftware Engineer2023 β 2024
- FlutterFlowSoftware Engineer2021 β 2022
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2020
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- AppleiOS Engineering Intern2020Cupertino, California, United States
- AppCodaiOS Tutorial Writer2016 β 2019
- MuseyiOS Developer2015 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- UC Berkeley College of EngineeringBachelor of Science - BS, EECS2018 β 2023
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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OpenAI mafia50
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UC Berkeley College of Engineering mafia36
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FlutterFlow mafia4
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Same school
Also attended UC Berkeley College of Engineering60
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI117
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Also worked at Google1,533
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Also worked at Apple451
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