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Hudson Griffith

Founder

Founder at Prized

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPrized · YC

About

Hudson Griffith is co-founder and CEO of Prized. He previously worked as an engineer at Suno, where he developed full-stack features, and was the first engineer at Gander, a fleet-management platform acquired by Archer Aviation, where he led core architecture and built AI voice and document agents. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida.

Founder at PrizedYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Hudson went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, Hudson can intro founders to Prized's investors below.

Prized's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Prized

MEMarinos Eliades
Marinos EliadesFounder

Experience

  1. PrizedCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. SunoSoftware Engineer2025 — 2026New York, New York, United States
  3. GanderFounding Engineer2025New York, NY
  4. L3Harris TechnologiesSoftware Engineer Intern2024Melbourne, FL
  5. L3Harris TechnologiesSoftware Engineer Intern2023 — 2024Melbourne, FL

Frequently asked questions

Who is Hudson Griffith?
Hudson Griffith is co-founder and CEO of Prized. He previously worked as an engineer at Suno, where he developed full-stack features, and was the first engineer at Gander, a fleet-management platform acquired by Archer Aviation, where he led core architecture and built AI voice and document agents. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida.
Where does Hudson Griffith work?
Hudson Griffith is Founder of Prized.
What companies did Hudson Griffith found?
Hudson Griffith founded Prized.
Where did Hudson Griffith go to school?
Hudson Griffith studied at Y Combinator (S26); University of Florida (Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science).

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