About
Grayson Pike is a co-founder of OpenIntake and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a back-end tech lead at a hedge fund. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021.
Founder at OpenIntakeYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Grayson went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran OpenIntake's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Grayson can intro founders to OpenIntake's investors below.
OpenIntake's investors · 1
Co-founders at OpenIntake
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Yash SahotaFounder
Experience
- Open Intake (YC W25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- ExodusPoint Capital Management, LPSoftware Developer2024New York, New York, United States
- McKinsey & CompanySoftware Engineer II2022 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- McKinsey & CompanySoftware Engineer I2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- McKinsey & CompanySummer Digital Analyst2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- BlackbaudSoftware Development Intern2018Austin, Texas Area
- Def-Logix, Inc.Software Development Intern2015 — 2017San Antonio, Texas Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Grayson Pike?
- Grayson Pike is a co-founder of OpenIntake and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a back-end tech lead at a hedge fund. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021.
- Where does Grayson Pike work?
- Grayson Pike is Founder of OpenIntake.
- What companies did Grayson Pike found?
- Grayson Pike founded OpenIntake.
- Where did Grayson Pike go to school?
- Grayson Pike studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science); Y Combinator.
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