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Geourg Kivijian

Founder

Co-founder & CEO at Ornadyne

Los Angeles, California, United States

FoundedOrnadyne · YC

About

Geourg Kivijian is an engineer who previously worked on coordination systems for Mars Sample Return at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and on lunar rovers at Astrolab. He is co-founder and CEO of Ornadyne, which develops bio-inspired flight technology.

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Co-founder & CEO at OrnadyneYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Geourg 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 Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ornadyne's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Geourg can intro founders to Ornadyne's investors below.

Ornadyne's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Ornadyne

AAArmen Arakelyan
Armen ArakelyanCo-founder & CTO

Experience

  1. Ornadyne (YC P26)Co-Founder/CEOcurrent2026 — presentLos Angeles County, CA
  2. AstrolabVehicle Engineer2025 — 2026Hawthorne, CA
  3. Bazoomq Space Research LaboratorySystems and GNC Engineer2024 — 2025Yerevan, Armenia
  4. PolySatSystems Engineering and Analysis2020 — 2024San Luis Obispo, California, United States
  5. NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryFlight Systems Systems Engineer: Mars Sample Return Lander2023Pasadena, California, United States
  6. Trans Astronautica CorporationGNC and Systems Engineering Intern2022Los Angeles County, California, United States
  7. ETOILESIPS Daughterboard Team Lead2021 — 2022San Luis Obispo, California, United States
  8. Trans Astronautica CorporationAerospace R&D Engineering Intern2021Los Angeles County, California, United States

Education

  1. Y Combinator2026
  2. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoMaster of Science - MS, Aerospace2024 — 2025
  3. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoBachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace2020 — 2024

Skills & more

PLM ToolsTeamcenterTestingSiemens NXGEVS

Languages Armenian · English · French

From Geourg's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo65

Brent FellowsVice President, Finance and Tax at Menlo VenturesMax DavisSenior Accountant at HeavybitElizabeth PattersonOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesRyan AzusFormer Chief Revenue Officer at Zoom Video Communications at Scale Venture PartnersJules GsellInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)David GorceyVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp

+ 59 more

Shared employers

Also worked at PolySat1

Bailey WickhamFounder at Klaus AI

Also worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory36

Frank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsKevin DunlapCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate VenturesRoger CarterVP of Engineering at Prime Movers LabAndrew ChanFounder · Managing Partner at Atas VCShalini HauptAssociate at Clocktower VenturesGeorge UgrasGeneral Partner at AV8 Ventures

+ 30 more

Also worked at Trans Astronautica Corporation2

Sarah LucasManaging General Partner at Lucas Venture GroupMarcelo DelgadoInvestor at Borderless Venture