Find your path to Derek
18 people in our graph share verified history with Derek — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Brigitte BonebrakeunlockedDerek: together at Torrey Pines High School
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About
Derek Ye previously served as tech lead at Amazon and founding engineer at Arpeggi Labs, an a16z-backed startup. He was a National Merit Scholar at USC.
Founder at MaximalYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Derek went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Maximal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Derek can intro founders to Maximal's investors below.
Maximal's investors · 1
Co-founders at Maximal
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Leeds RisingFounder
Experience
- MaximalCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- AmazonSoftware Engineer2022 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Kits.AISoftware Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- WorkdaySoftware Engineer2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Eli Lilly and CompanyBioinformatics Engineer2018San Diego
Skills & more
Apollo GraphQLReact NativeNode.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)JavaPyTorchNext.jsReact.jsPython (Programming Language)Microsoft Office2C++3JavaScript2
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JSXLinuxHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)TypeScriptInfrastructureEngineeringCloud InfrastructureObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Public SpeakingFrom Derek's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Derek Ye?
- Derek Ye previously served as tech lead at Amazon and founding engineer at Arpeggi Labs, an a16z-backed startup. He was a National Merit Scholar at USC.
- Where does Derek Ye work?
- Derek Ye is Founder of Maximal.
- What companies did Derek Ye found?
- Derek Ye founded Maximal.
- Where did Derek Ye go to school?
- Derek Ye studied at Y Combinator (S25); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Business); Torrey Pines High School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of Southern California mafia349
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Marc BenioffB.S.B.A.Founded SalesforceGabriel PereyraBachelor's degreeFounded HarveyKent WakefordJuris Doctorate (J.D.)Founded Breaking +4Brian CruverBAFounded Xenex +2Francisco TolmaskyBachelorsFounded RunKit +2Erica BresciaBSFounded Bitnami +1
+ 342 more
Torrey Pines High School mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Alex SismanisGEDFounded L1 Advisors +1Prabhav JainHigh SchoolFounded EagerPanda +1Brandon LiuHigh SchoolFounded StackMachineAdam BulowHigh School DiplomaFounded PigeonAkash KashyapFounded DialtoneKalyani RamadurgamFounded Kobalt Labs
+ 3 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Southern California970
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark Capital
+ 964 more
Also attended Torrey Pines High School17
Brigitte BonebrakeAssistant Controller at Lerer HippeauJackie PlashkesInvestor at Side Door VenturesNathan LianStrategic Advisor, Strategic Finance & GTM at Asymmetric Capital PartnersTy McGuirePartner at Black Mountain Investment GroupKaiwen LiuAssociate at LEADBrian LiuAssociate at Colt Ventures
+ 11 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Maximal1
Also worked at Amazon1,104
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
+ 1,098 more
Also worked at Workday79
Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra VenturesMarisa WarrenFounder & Managing Partner at ALIAVIA Ventures
+ 73 more
Also worked at Eli Lilly and Company189
David MollerInvestor at Third Rock VenturesJesper GromadaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesMark LevinRetired Founding Partner at Third Rock VenturesNatalie FurneyGlobal General Counsel at Takeda VenturesRhonda PachecoPresident, U.S. Business Unit and U.S. Country Head at Takeda VenturesCarlos PayaVenture Partner at Ysios Capital
+ 183 more