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Haowen Shi

Founder

Founder at Mach9

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMach9 · YC

30 Under 30 2026 · Transportation & Aerospace

About

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

Founder at Mach9YC S21

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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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In turn, Haowen can intro founders to Mach9's investors below.

Mach9's investors · 3

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

Co-founders at Mach9

ABAlexander Baikovitz
Alexander BaikovitzFounder
MM
Michael MongCofounder
ZS
Zachary SussmanCofounder

Experience

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

Skills & more

Research10Public Speaking8Teaching2Python11C5MatlabC++1

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Frequently asked questions

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.
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).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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Y Combinator mafia4,716

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Carnegie Mellon University mafia231

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer ScienceFounded Passes +1Joshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenWilliam GuttmanDistinguished Service Professor of Economics & Special Advisor to ProvostFounded CurvePoint +3Dr. Manu KumarBSFounded K9 Ventures +2Rodney BrooksResearch ScientistFounded Rethink Robotics +2

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Mach9 mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alexander BaikovitzCo-Founder and CEOFounded Mach9Vignesh RajmohanRobotics Software Engineering InternFounded Pivot Robotics

Mach9 mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alexander BaikovitzFounderFounded Mach9

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University445

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalRasik ParikhInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

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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 VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Mach95

Michael BlochPartner at Quiet CapitalNakul PatelManaging Partner at Diagram CollectiveAndrew VigneaultGeneral Partner at Flexcap VenturesAlexander BaikovitzFounder at Mach9Vignesh RajmohanFounder at Pivot Robotics

Also worked at Apple508

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim 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 Apple

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Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University169

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIRasik ParikhInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorCindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures Llc

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