Find your path to Frank
995 people in our graph share verified history with Frank — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Garry TanunlockedFrank: together at Y Combinator (2025–2026)
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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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia352
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max LevchinBSFounded PayPal +2Luke NosekBSFounded PayPalAnsuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana +4Maria FardisB.S.Founded Iovance +2DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Super Heroic +2Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +2
+ 345 more
Apple mafia306
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Steve JurvetsonProduct MarketingFounded Future Ventures +1Kai-Fu LeeVice president (last job)Founded 01Brian ActonHardware Test EngineerFounded WHATS APP +1IanUser Experience and EngineeringFounded Apex Technology +3Jon LernerSoftware Engineer (Intern)Founded Textnow +2Brian BrackeenSr. Project ManagerFounded Lightship +1
+ 299 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign853
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCLuke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of GigafundSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear Ventures
+ 847 more
Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Panta (YC W26)1
Also worked at Apple784
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation
+ 778 more
Also worked at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign148
Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordDavid KoleskyPrincipal at MPM BioImpactGraham CareyInvestment Director - Advanced Materials at Emerald Technology Ventures AgDavid AnSenior Software Engineer at Red Cell IncubationSara Crown StarVenture Partner at FemHealth VenturesDorin BanielPartner, Israel at NightDragon
+ 142 more
Also worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co.626
EricAdvisor at Clear VenturesTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionNick ZurickTalent Lead at Pantera CapitalKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at OxxLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalJoe HalliwellClient Team Member at Generation Investment Management
+ 620 more