About
Haris Sahmanovic is co-founder and CTO of Forge, where he works on the company's technical architecture. He previously held backend engineering positions at Facebook and Vanguard.
Founder at ForgeYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Haris went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Forge's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Haris can intro founders to Forge's investors below.
Forge's investors · 2
Co-founders at Forge
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Emir SahmanovicFounder
Experience
- ForgeCo-founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- MetaSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- VanguardSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021
- Internship at United Community CorporationTeacher2016Newark, NJ
Education
- Y Combinator
- Rutgers UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science2015 — 2019
Skills & more
Teaching5Express.jsJava13JavaScript6Microsoft Office8C2HTML3AngularMongoDBNode.jsSwiftCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
From Haris's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
Rutgers University mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan BednarBSFounded RankScience +1Harsh YadavMaster of ScienceFounded Ryse +1Kevin BittermanBAFounded Editas MedicineSamir HousriBS & BAFounded MednetCarolyn MooneyFounded NextmvEdoardo ContiBachelor's degreeFounded Bandit ML
+ 15 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Rutgers University110
Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at Stripes
+ 104 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Forge2
Also worked at Meta282
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures
+ 276 more
Also worked at Vanguard20
Benjamin JuniorDirector, Infrastructure Software (Bright Ventures) at Bright Pixel CapitalMike MaManaging Partner at Sidecut VenturesSneha KasugantiPrincipal at New Markets Venture PartnersJordan SiegalInvestor at VMG PartnersSteven PeraltaVP, Investments at Acumen AmericaJeff DonnonCFO at First Round Capital
+ 14 more