About
Dean Stratakos is co-founder and CTO of Stage. He studied computer science at Stanford (class of 2022) and previously worked as a developer at Five Rings Capital.
Dean Stratakos @deanstratakos
Stacked PRs in Stage π https://t.co/OiPuopcQar
Jun 22, 2026 Β· β₯ 10 Β· β 2
Dean Stratakos @deanstratakos
had to do it https://t.co/5iR69x7upb
Jun 10, 2026 Β· β₯ 3 Β· β 1
Dean Stratakos @deanstratakos
I folded a week before demo day and got one the prediction markets on my haircut went crazy https://t.co/0xzB21O8pa
Jun 8, 2026 Β· β₯ 5 Β· β 1
Founder at StageYC X26
Intro paths
Dean went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Stage's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Dean can intro founders to Stage's investors below.
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Co-founders at Stage
Experience
- Stage (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 β present
- Five RingsSoftware Developer2023 β 2026New York, NY
- Stanford UniversityCourse Assistant2023Palo Alto, CA
- Stanford Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor SocietyMember2021 β 2023Stanford, California, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer - Siri Information Intelligence2022Seattle, WA
- Curious CardinalsComputer Science Tutor2021 β 2022Stanford, CA
- CitadelSoftware Engineer2021
- Stanford Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) - Social EventsMember2019 β 2021Stanford, CA
- AppleAlgorithms R&D Engineer - Advanced Computation Group2020 β 2021Portland, Oregon, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer - Core OS Platform Triage Team2020
- quadric.ioSoftware Engineer2019Burlingame, CA
- Techlab EducationSoftware Engineer2016 β 2017Saratoga, California
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence2022 β 2023
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science - Systems2018 β 2022
- Saratoga High School2014 β 2018
Skills & more
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Five Rings4
Also worked at Stanford University458
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Also worked at Apple294
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Also worked at Citadel37
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