Faizaan Chishtie
FounderCo-Founder & CEO at Minicor
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedMinicor · YC
About
Faizaan Chishtie is the founder of Minicor, an RPA platform for AI deployment in legacy desktop systems. He previously founded a furniture rental company and worked as an early engineer at multiple YC-backed companies focused on systems integration.
Co-Founder & CEO at MinicorYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Faizaan 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Minicor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Faizaan can intro founders to Minicor's investors below.
Minicor's investors · 1
Co-founders at Minicor
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Saheed AkinbileCo-founder & CTO
Experience
- Minicor (YC X26)CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Phoenix (YC W21)Software Engineer2023 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TypecastFounding Software Engineer2022 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- SecodaSoftware Engineer2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- HomeboardCTO & Co-Founder2021 — 2022Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- AntlerEntrepreneur2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Software For LoveFounder2020 — 2022Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- University of OttawaTeaching Assistant2020 — 2021Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- University of OttawaResearch Assistant2020 — 2021Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- NEXT CanadaEntrepreneur2021
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2019 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2020Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftExplore Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
Skills & more
Leadership21Teamwork9Communication3Team Leadership3Public Speaking2JavaNext.jsRubyRuby on RailsDjangoReact.jsC++5
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Python (Programming Language)GitJavaScriptLinuxMongoDBNode.jsSQLFirebaseReactComputer ScienceEntrepreneurshipEngineeringLanguages English · French
- Flosum Certified Professional — Flosum
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Faizaan Chishtie?
- Faizaan Chishtie is the founder of Minicor, an RPA platform for AI deployment in legacy desktop systems. He previously founded a furniture rental company and worked as an early engineer at multiple YC-backed companies focused on systems integration.
- Where does Faizaan Chishtie work?
- Faizaan Chishtie is Co-Founder & CEO of Minicor.
- What companies did Faizaan Chishtie found?
- Faizaan Chishtie founded Minicor.
- Where did Faizaan Chishtie go to school?
- Faizaan Chishtie studied at Y Combinator (Spring 2026); University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Applied Science, Software Engineering (CO-OP)).
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