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Ethan Kinnan

Founder

Founder at Sherpa

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSherpa · YC

About

Ethan Kinnan has focused on automation throughout his career and now leads conversion rate optimization automation efforts at Sherpa.

Founder at SherpaYC 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 Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sherpa's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ethan can intro founders to Sherpa's investors below.

Sherpa's investors · 4

Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checksDN CapitalLondon · $100K – $22M checksSeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Sherpa

NSNorbu Sonam
Norbu SonamFounder

Experience

  1. Sherpa (YC P26)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. LindyHead of Ecosystem2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  3. LindyForward Deployed Engineer2025San Francisco, CA
  4. Allie K. MillerAI Automation Engineer2024 — 2025Seattle, WA
  5. FinquireCo-Founder2023 — 2024Seattle, WA
  6. Standard MetricsData Solutions Intern2023San Francisco, CA
  7. PitchBook DataData Operations Intern2022Seattle, WA
  8. KSH AdvisorsFinancial Planning Intern2021 — 2022Bellevue, Washington, United States

Skills & more

Front-End Development6Data Engineering1Automation1Design1Prompt Engineering1Large Language Models (LLM)1Agile Project ManagementSnowflakeArtificial Intelligence (AI)1Linear AlgebraFinanceAccounting
+12 moreCalculusStatisticsQuantitative FinanceE-commerceCustomer ExperienceCustomer ServiceSocial Media MarketingMathematicsLeadershipSelf LearningJavaScriptSQL

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ethan Kinnan?
Ethan Kinnan has focused on automation throughout his career and now leads conversion rate optimization automation efforts at Sherpa.
Where does Ethan Kinnan work?
Ethan Kinnan is Founder of Sherpa.
What companies did Ethan Kinnan found?
Ethan Kinnan founded Sherpa.
Where did Ethan Kinnan go to school?
Ethan Kinnan studied at UW Foster School of Business (Bachelor's degree, Finance); Skyline High School (High School Diploma + International Baccalaureate Certificate).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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UW Foster School of Business mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

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Skyline High School mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Victor ChengHigh School DiplomaFounded vly.aiGokul KumarresenFounded Asha HealthFarhan KhanHigh School DiplomaFounded Meteor

Standard Metrics mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Caelean BarnesFounding EngineerFounded GaugeEvan DoyleSoftware EngineerFounded GaugeParth PatelSoftware EngineerFounded HUD

Lindy mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Norbu SonamSoftware EngineerFounded Sherpa

Same school

Also attended UW Foster School of Business57

Mike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaAbby StrongMarketing & Operations Manager at Scale Venture PartnersZachary CefarattiVenture Partner at Draper AssociatesMinda BrusseFounding Partner at First Row PartnersMoshe ZilbersteinGeneral Partner at Next47

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Also attended Skyline High School9

Aditya PadmarajAnalyst at Keyhorse CapitalGretchen McClainInvestor at EPIC VENTURESNeel BaxiSenior Associate at Oak HC/FTPeter JarmanManaging Partner at Cross Creek AdvisorsMarieInvestor at MedMountain VenturesSamarth GandhiAnalyst at FUSE

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sherpa (YC P26)1

Norbu SonamFounder at Sherpa

Also worked at Lindy3

Brandon GleklenPrincipal at Battery VenturesNorbu SonamFounder at SherpaBrendan WoodCo-Founder & CTO at Hostie

Also worked at Standard Metrics8

Luke BugbeePortfolio Support at 8VCDeny KhoungPortfolio Support at 8VCPaul LeePartner at Tribe Capital FirstlookJohn Melas-KyriaziAngelSamir SenFounder at Flair LabsCaelean BarnesFounder at Gauge

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Also worked at PitchBook Data9

Tripp DollVenture Associate at Untapped VenturesDavid PierceDirector at CouncilEduardo EspinarInvestment Senior Associate at Apex CapitalDrew CorsiSenior Associate, Investor Relations at Arrowroot CapitalTessa ClaranceChief of Staff at GetFresh VenturesMichelle AnggadjajaInvestment Associate at Intudo Ventures

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