Evan Yeager

Founder

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Evan Yeager is co-founder and CEO of Maquoketa Research, which develops drone systems and software for autonomous flight operations.

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Co-Founder & CEO at Maquoketa Research YC X26

Intro paths

Evan 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 Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Maquoketa Research's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Evan can intro founders to Maquoketa Research's investors below.

Maquoketa Research's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Maquoketa Research

David MuchowFounder

Aidan WilliamsFounder

Jake ManganielloHead of Corporate Strategy

Experience

Maquoketa ResearchCo-founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentElk Grove Village, Illinois, United States
SpiderRockQuant Software Engineer Intern2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
Stylis AIBack End Developer2023 — 2024Berkeley, California, United States
SpiderRockQuantitative Research Assistant2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago Park DistrictLifeguard2021 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States

Education

Y Combinator2026
University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2023 — 2025
Lane Technical College Prep High School2019 — 2023

Skills & more

Data Pipelines1Contract Pricing1Natural Language Processing (NLP)2Options1LifesavingCardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)Rust (Programming Language)3C (Programming Language)2Python (Programming Language)1SQL1C#1Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

From Evan's professional profile.