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Ethan Shea

InvestorFounder

Founder at Regbase

New York, New York, United States

FoundedRegbase · YC

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About

Ethan Shea is a Founder and CTO at Regbase. He previously worked as a staff engineer at Vercel, where he built observability infrastructure and developed an AI agent product, and at Citadel, where he maintained trading data systems. He studied at the University of Washington.

Founder at RegbaseYC X26

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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 Regbase's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Experience

  1. RegbaseFounder, CTOcurrent2026 — presentNew York, NY
  2. VercelStaff Software Engineer2025 — 2026New York, New York, United States
  3. VercelSenior Software Engineer2023 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  4. CitadelTechnical Lead2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  5. CitadelSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer II2020 — 2021Redmond, Washington, United States
  7. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Redmond, WA
  8. Applied Physics Laboratory-UWEngineering Intern2019Seattle
  9. University of WashingtonUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2018Seattle
  10. MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2018Redmond
  11. Applied Physics Laboratory-UWEngineering Intern2017 — 2018Seattle
  12. Triangul8Engineering Intern2017
  13. Tirebuyer.comIT Operations Intern2017Kirkland, Washington
  14. Technical Systems, Inc. (TSI)Engineering Intern2016Lynwood, WA
  15. CaradigmSummer Intern2015Bellevue, WA

Skills & more

Java1C#2C++1Visual Studio2Eclipse1Android3LWJGL1LibGDX1Programming3FPGA prototypingMicrocontrollersProblem Solving
+2 moreDebugging.NET Framework

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ethan Shea?
Ethan Shea is a Founder and CTO at Regbase. He previously worked as a staff engineer at Vercel, where he built observability infrastructure and developed an AI agent product, and at Citadel, where he maintained trading data systems. He studied at the University of Washington.
Where does Ethan Shea work?
Ethan Shea is Founder of Regbase.
What companies did Ethan Shea found?
Ethan Shea founded Regbase.
What companies has Ethan Shea invested in?
Investments tracked here include TesterArmy.
Where did Ethan Shea go to school?
Ethan Shea studied at University of Washington (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

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