David Maulick
FounderCEO & Co-Founder at Scott AI
New York, New York, United States
FoundedScott AI Β· YCScott AI Β· YC
About
David Maulick was a staff engineer and manager at Coinbase, where he spent four years building developer platforms and infrastructure that supported significant portions of the company's UI and edge traffic, while working with hundreds of engineers across the organization. His most recent work involved developing AI-powered tools for internal data infrastructure.
David Maulick (scottai.com) @davidmaulick
coding agents need to stop generating so many comments in code. I am sure it helps their performance as they write the code but its a crutch, the comments becomes stale within days and then future agents just get confused and burn tokens
May 19, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
David Maulick (scottai.com) @davidmaulick
a top team from my yc batch! https://t.co/ByVCsBFxoz
Nov 14, 2025 Β· β₯ 1
David Maulick (scottai.com) @davidmaulick
Whether coding agents are good at technology βxβ is one of my top considerations in designing systems now. Wild.
Nov 12, 2025 Β· β₯ 1
CEO & Co-Founder at Scott AIYC F25
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator β the partner who ran Scott AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, David can intro founders to Scott AI's investors below.
Scott AI's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Scott AI
Experience
- Scott AI (YC F25)CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 β present
- CoinbaseStaff Software Engineer2024 β 2025
- CoinbaseSenior Software Engineer2022 β 2023
- CoinbaseSoftware Engineer2020 β 2021
- PwCCreator of PwC MyMobility App2018 β 2019
- Other experiencesInternships and Research2013 β 2018
Education
- Y Combinator
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoMaster of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering
Skills & more
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Coinbase mafia51
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo mafia20
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Same school
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Also attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo87
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Shared employers
Also worked at Scott AI (YC F25)3
Also worked at Coinbase137
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