About
Daniel Worku is co-founder and CTO of StarSling. He previously worked at Netflix, where he built the internal developer portal used by the company's engineering team, and at Facebook, where he contributed to the AI Camera team and mobile computer vision library that powers camera effects across multiple platforms.
Co-founder & CTO at StarSlingYC X25
Intro paths
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran StarSling's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Daniel can intro founders to StarSling's investors below.
StarSling's investors · 4
Co-founders at StarSling
Experience
- StarSling (YC X25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NetflixSoftware Engineering Manager2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- NetflixSenior Performance Engineer2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- HumuSoftware Engineering Manager2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Field NationSenior iOS Engineer2014 — 2016Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Hidrate Inc1st iOS Engineer2015Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Skills & more
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StrategyLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Worku?
- Daniel Worku is co-founder and CTO of StarSling. He previously worked at Netflix, where he built the internal developer portal used by the company's engineering team, and at Facebook, where he contributed to the AI Camera team and mobile computer vision library that powers camera effects across multiple platforms.
- Where does Daniel Worku work?
- Daniel Worku is Co-founder & CTO of StarSling.
- What companies did Daniel Worku found?
- Daniel Worku founded StarSling.
- Where did Daniel Worku go to school?
- Daniel Worku studied at University of Minnesota (Mathematics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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University of Minnesota mafia33
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at StarSling (YC X25)1
Also worked at Netflix57
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