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Helson Taveras

Founder

Founder/CTO at Riley

United States

FoundedRiley · YC

Thiel Fellow 2017

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10,591 people in our graph share verified history with Helson — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Helson Taveras of San Francisco, CA was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2017, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they founded Riley.

Founder/CTO at RileyYC W17

Intro paths

YC

Helson went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Helson can intro founders to Riley's investors below.

Riley's investors · 3

FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2016True VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Riley

DADaniel Ahmadizadeh
Daniel AhmadizadehCEO

Experience

  1. Keep TechnologiesCofounder, CTOcurrent2021 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  2. General ComputingFounder2019 — 2020
  3. The Thiel FoundationThiel Fellow2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Riley CorporationCofounder, CTO2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. SwipesCofounder, Lead Developer2015 — 2016New York City
  6. ForbesMobile Application Development Intern2015
  7. Columbia Daily SpectatorSpecTech Staff2015New York, New York
  8. ADPIntern2014Roseland, NJ

Skills & more

DevopsHerokuTypeScriptNode.js6MongoDB5iOS7Android7Swift4AngularJS3HTML56PHP6CSS12
+5 moreJavaHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptPostgreSQL

Languages Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Helson Taveras?
Helson Taveras of San Francisco, CA was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2017, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they founded Riley.
Where does Helson Taveras work?
Helson Taveras is Founder/CTO of Riley.
What companies did Helson Taveras found?
Helson Taveras founded Riley.
Where did Helson Taveras go to school?
Helson Taveras studied at Y Combinator; Columbia University; CITYterm.

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