Where does Haowen Shi work?

Haowen Shi is Founder of Mach9.

What companies did Haowen Shi found?

Haowen Shi founded Mach9, Mach9.

Where did Haowen Shi go to school?

Haowen Shi studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science, Robotics); Y Combinator; Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, ECE with additional major in Robotics).

Haowen Shi

Founder

Founder at Mach9

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMach9 · YC Mach9

30 Under 30 2026 · Transportation & Aerospace

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About

Founder of Mach9, which develops automated feature-extraction software for mapping large-scale infrastructure projects in transportation, telecom, and construction.

Founder at Mach9 YC S21

Intro paths

Haowen went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mach9's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Mach9's investors · 3

Quiet CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checks · since 2024 Vermilion Cliffs VenturesNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2024 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Mach9

Alexander BaikovitzFounder

Michael MongCofounder

Zachary SussmanCofounder

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Mach9's investors · 3

Department of EnergyWashington · since 2022 Locus VenturesPalo Alto Quiet CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Mach9

Alexander BaikovitzFounder

Experience

Mach9Co-Foundercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, CA
AppleCoreOS Performance Tools & Infrastructure Intern2019Cupertino, California
Carnegie Mellon UniversityUndergraduate Research Assistant2017 — 2019
AppleOS Performance Intern2018Cupertino, California

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Research10Public Speaking8Teaching2Python11C5MatlabC++1

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Who is Haowen Shi?: Founder of Mach9, which develops automated feature-extraction software for mapping large-scale infrastructure projects in transportation, telecom, and construction.
Where does Haowen Shi work?: Haowen Shi is Founder of Mach9.
What companies did Haowen Shi found?: Haowen Shi founded Mach9, Mach9.
Where did Haowen Shi go to school?: Haowen Shi studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science, Robotics); Y Combinator; Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, ECE with additional major in Robotics).

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Founder at Mach9YC S21

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Mach9's investors · 3

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Founder at Mach9

Intro paths

Mach9's investors · 3

Co-founders at Mach9

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