Where does Dean Stratakos work?

Dean Stratakos is Founder of Stage.

Where did Dean Stratakos go to school?

Dean Stratakos studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science - Systems); Saratoga High School.

Dean Stratakos

Founder

Founder at Stage

New York, New York, United States

FoundedStage · YC

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.

Founder at Stage YC X26

Intro paths

Dean went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — 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 — the partner who ran Stage's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Dean can intro founders to Stage's investors below.

Stage's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Stage

Charles PanFounder

Experience

Stage (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
Five RingsSoftware Developer2023 — 2026New York, NY
Stanford UniversityCourse Assistant2023Palo Alto, CA
Stanford Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor SocietyMember2021 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
AppleSoftware Engineer - Siri Information Intelligence2022Seattle, WA
Curious CardinalsComputer Science Tutor2021 — 2022Stanford, CA
CitadelSoftware Engineer2021
Stanford Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) - Social EventsMember2019 — 2021Stanford, CA
AppleAlgorithms R&D Engineer - Advanced Computation Group2020 — 2021Portland, Oregon, United States
AppleSoftware Engineer - Core OS Platform Triage Team2020
quadric.ioSoftware Engineer2019Burlingame, CA
Techlab EducationSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017Saratoga, California

Skills & more

C++2JavaCPythonPython (Programming Language)LaTeXHTMLSQLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Assembly LanguageJavaScriptReact.js

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React NativeXcodeKotlinSwift (Programming Language)ScalaGitGitHubMongoDBLeadershipTeamworkCommunity OutreachTime Management

Languages English · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dean Stratakos?: 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.
Where does Dean Stratakos work?: Dean Stratakos is Founder of Stage.
What companies did Dean Stratakos found?: Dean Stratakos founded Stage.
Where did Dean Stratakos go to school?: Dean Stratakos studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science - Systems); Saratoga High School.