About
Erik Meike is a hardware engineer who previously worked on wireless power technologies at Apple for iPhone. He has earlier experience in automated PCB design at JITx and autonomous robotics at PRENAV, and studied engineering at Harvey Mudd.
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- e•••@madrone.coolreveal75% confident
Founder at MadroneYC X26
Intro paths
Erik 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Madrone's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Erik can intro founders to Madrone's investors below.
Madrone's investors · 2
Co-founders at Madrone
Experience
- Madrone LabsFoundercurrent2025 — present
- Watney Robotics IncFounding Engineer2025
- AppleHardware Development Engineer2022 — 2025Cupertino, California, United States
- AppleEngineer2021 — 2022Cupertino, California, United States
- AppleIntern2020Cupertino, California, United States
- AppleIntern2019Cupertino, CA
- JITXIntern2018
- PRENAV (we're hiring)Intern2017
- PRENAV (we're hiring)Intern2016
- QuickLogicIntern2015
- IntuitSummer Intern2014
Skills & more
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JavascriptXMLJavaScriptKMLI2CSPIProgrammingAPIsHardwareLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Erik Meike?
- Erik Meike is a hardware engineer who previously worked on wireless power technologies at Apple for iPhone. He has earlier experience in automated PCB design at JITx and autonomous robotics at PRENAV, and studied engineering at Harvey Mudd.
- Where does Erik Meike work?
- Erik Meike is Founder of Madrone.
- What companies did Erik Meike found?
- Erik Meike founded Madrone.
- Where did Erik Meike go to school?
- Erik Meike studied at Harvey Mudd College (Bachelor's degree, Engineering with emphasis in Environmental Analysis); The Nueva School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Harvey Mudd College mafia20
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JITX mafia3
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The Nueva School mafia2
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Same school
Also attended Harvey Mudd College32
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Also attended The Nueva School3
Shared employers
Also worked at Madrone Labs1
Also worked at Apple508
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