About
Frank Wang previously worked on compiler development for Rust and Gleam, and is now focused on team-building at Panta.
Founder at PantaYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Frank went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Panta's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Frank can intro founders to Panta's investors below.
Panta's investors · 4
Co-founders at Panta
VC
Vincent ChenFounder
Experience
- Panta (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AppleFull Stack Engineer2024 — 2025
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCoding Tutor2023 — 2024Champaign, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCourse Consultant2023Champaign, Illinois, United States
- MetrixxQuantitative Software Developer Intern2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Student Researcher2023Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Founder Securities Co., Ltd.Intern of Financial Engineering Group2021Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Skills & more
Scikit-LearnNumPyMatplotlibMachine LearningQuantLibSQLAlchemyormConcurrent ProgrammingSQLPyTorchXGBoostRust (Programming Language)
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Python (Programming Language)Pandas (Software)SolidJSFrom Frank's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Frank Wang?
- Frank Wang previously worked on compiler development for Rust and Gleam, and is now focused on team-building at Panta.
- Where does Frank Wang work?
- Frank Wang is Founder of Panta.
- What companies did Frank Wang found?
- Frank Wang founded Panta.
- Where did Frank Wang go to school?
- Frank Wang studied at Y Combinator (W26); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science - MS, Financial Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Exchange, Computer Science).
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia146
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