Find your path to Ethan
95 people in our graph share verified history with Ethan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
James WangunlockedEthan: together at Georgia Institute of Technology (2015–2017)
×11Ethan: together at Georgia Institute of Technology
About
Ethan Byrd is the founder of Primitive. He previously founded Actual AI and held engineering roles at Microsoft, AWS, Facebook, and Google.
Founder at primitiveYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Ethan went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran primitive's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ethan can intro founders to primitive's investors below.
primitive's investors · 1
Experience
- primitive.dev (YC P26)foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Actual AIFounder & CTO2024 — 2026Seattle, WA
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024
- MetaSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2020 — 2021Seattle, Washington
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019
Skills & more
C#.NET CoreAmazon Web Services (AWS)Machine LearningContinuous IntegrationGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)PythonDockerC++ScalaVisual StudioVisual Basic .NET (VB.NET)
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.NET FrameworkGitHadoopJavaScriptNode.jsLinuxC (Programming Language)JavaWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)Go (Programming Language)TypeScriptKubernetesFrom Ethan's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ethan Byrd?
- Ethan Byrd is the founder of Primitive. He previously founded Actual AI and held engineering roles at Microsoft, AWS, Facebook, and Google.
- Where does Ethan Byrd work?
- Ethan Byrd is Founder of primitive.
- What companies did Ethan Byrd found?
- Ethan Byrd founded primitive.
- Where did Ethan Byrd go to school?
- Ethan Byrd studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S.C.S., Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).
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
Georgia Institute of Technology mafia365
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Neil UnderwoodBSFounded Canapi Ventures +2Lukasz GadowskiExchange SemesterFounded Spreadshirt +2Bettina HeinMasters of Science in Computer ScienceFounded Juli +2Eduardo NeeterMBAFounded Atdc +2Jeff FlowersMS and BSFounded Carbonite +2Aamir PoonawallaMastersFounded Orchestra +1
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Same school
Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology707
Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesWouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersWill McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at primitive.dev (YC P26)1
Also worked at Actual AI2
Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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Also worked at Meta464
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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