About
Hayden Gosch co-founded Voltair as CTO after studying electrical and computer engineering at the University of Washington with a focus on power electronics. He has prior experience in system protection engineering at Seattle City Light and R&D work at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.
Founder at VoltairYC W26
Intro paths
Hayden went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Voltair's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Hayden can intro founders to Voltair's investors below.
Voltair's investors · 2
Co-founders at Voltair
Experience
- VoltairCofounder and CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)Associate Electrical Engineer2025Pullman, Washington
- Seattle City LightRelay and Substation Engineering2023 — 2025Seattle, Washington
- Ezell's Famous ChickenCrew Member2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington
- PedalAnywhereBicycle Mechanic2020 — 2021Seattle, Washington
Education
- University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering - Power Systems2021 — 2025
- Y Combinator
Skills & more
Languages Norwegian (Bokmål) · Spanish
- Commercial Remote Pilot Certification (Part 107) — Federal Aviation Administration
- Engineer In Training — State of Washington
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