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David Yang

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Founder at Maingen

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMaingen · YC

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495 people in our graph share verified history with David — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mike VolpiunlockedDavid: together at Scale AI (2024)
×5David: together at Scale AI
×6David: together at Y Combinator

About

David Yang is CTO of Maingen, an AI company. He previously held roles at Scale AI, Amazon, and worked on earlier-stage projects including Idler and Reticular.

Founder at MaingenYC S26

Intro paths

YC

David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Maingen's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, David can intro founders to Maingen's investors below.

Maingen's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Maingen

PYPhillip Yan
Phillip YanFounder

Experience

  1. Maingen (YC S26)Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Idler (YC S25)Founding Engineer2026San Francisco, CA
  3. University of PennsylvaniaTeaching Assistant2025Philadelphia, PA
  4. AmazonAI Engineer2025Bellevue, Washington, United States
  5. Reticular (YC F24)Machine Learning Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco, CA
  6. University of PennsylvaniaUndergraduate Research Assistant2024Philadelphia, PA
  7. Nobias TherapeuticsMachine Learning Engineer2024Mountain View, CA
  8. Scale AIGenerative AI Intern2024

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Yang?
David Yang is CTO of Maingen, an AI company. He previously held roles at Scale AI, Amazon, and worked on earlier-stage projects including Idler and Reticular.
Where does David Yang work?
David Yang is Founder of Maingen.
What companies did David Yang found?
David Yang founded Maingen.
Where did David Yang go to school?
David Yang studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science); Princeton University (Dual Degree, Math); Princeton High School (High School Diploma).

Founder mafias

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Shared employers

Also worked at Reticular (YC F24)1

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