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Edward Frazer

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Founder at DryMerge

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedDryMerge · YC

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About

Edward Frazer went through Y Combinator's W24 batch with DryMerge, which he led from 2023 to 2025. He previously wrote software at Stripe, Meta, and Amazon Web Services, and joined OpenAI in 2026 as a member of technical staff working on Codex.

Founder at DryMergeYC W24

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Edward went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran DryMerge's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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DryMerge's investors · 9

Breakpoint CapitalAspenCapitalize VCChicago · $100K – $200K checksGaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checksGarage CapitalWaterlooGeneral AdvanceGoodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checksNiche CapitalLondon · $250K – $1.9M checksRitual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at DryMerge

SBSamuel Brashears
Samuel BrashearsFounder

Experience

  1. OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
  2. DryMergeFounder / CEO2023 — 2025United States
  3. StripeSoftware Engineer2023New York, New York, United States
  4. MetaSoftware Engineer2022Menlo Park, California, United States
  5. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2021East Palo Alto, CA

Skills & more

Go (Programming Language)2Infrastructure2

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Edward Frazer?
Edward Frazer went through Y Combinator's W24 batch with DryMerge, which he led from 2023 to 2025. He previously wrote software at Stripe, Meta, and Amazon Web Services, and joined OpenAI in 2026 as a member of technical staff working on Codex.
Where does Edward Frazer work?
Edward Frazer is Founder of DryMerge.
What companies did Edward Frazer found?
Edward Frazer founded DryMerge.
Where did Edward Frazer go to school?
Edward Frazer studied at Yale University (Computer Science and Economics); Y Combinator.

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