Ian Tracey
InvestorFounderSenior Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI at Ramp · Founder at Turntable
New York, New York, United States
FoundedTurntable · YC
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322 people in our graph share verified history with Ian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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About
Ian Tracey has held technical leadership positions at Stripe and Pinterest, where he worked on hosted UI products and machine learning infrastructure respectively. He previously developed autonomous drone software at Latitude and founded Hack Arizona, a collegiate hackathon.
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- i•••@turntable.soreveal75% confident
Founder at TurntableYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Ian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ian can intro founders to Turntable's investors below.
Turntable's investors · 6
Co-founders at Turntable
WG
Wally GurzynskiFounder
JL
Justin LederFounder
Experience
- RampSenior Staff Software Engineer, Applied AIcurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
- Various StartupsAngel Investorcurrent2021 — present
- Turntable (YC W23)Co-founder & CEO2024 — 2025New York, NY
- Turntable (YC W23)Co-founder & CTO2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- StripeTech Lead / Engineering2021 — 2023New York, United States
- PinterestSoftware Engineer2018 — 2021San Francisco, California
- AtlassianSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- LATITUDE ENGINEERING, LLC (Acquired by L3)Software Engineer2015 — 2017Tucson, AZ
- Hack ArizonaCo-Founder and President2014 — 2017Tucson, Arizona
- HydrantCo-Founder & Technical Principal2014 — 2015Tucson, Arizona Area
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship43Web Design19Photography10Creative Writing2RSpecExpress.jsRabbitMQPuppetCapistranoRedisGoClojure
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HaskellHTMLRubyCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)PythonRuby on RailsJavaScriptJavaCJUnitNode.jsLanguages English
From Ian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Ramp
Adam Sommer
Founder at Kable
Adrien Philardeau
Founder at Leaping
Anagha Bharadwaj
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Andrew Unger
Recruiting Advisor at Conversion Capital
Ava Ford
Analyst at Hanfield Venture Partners
Caleb Van Dyke
Founder at infra.new
Davis Tong
Founder at OddsView
Jake Heenehan
Scout at Headline
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ian Tracey?
- Ian Tracey has held technical leadership positions at Stripe and Pinterest, where he worked on hosted UI products and machine learning infrastructure respectively. He previously developed autonomous drone software at Latitude and founded Hack Arizona, a collegiate hackathon.
- Where does Ian Tracey work?
- Ian Tracey is Founder of Turntable and Senior Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI at Ramp.
- What companies did Ian Tracey found?
- Ian Tracey founded Turntable.
- Where did Ian Tracey go to school?
- Ian Tracey studied at Y Combinator (W23); University of Arizona (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); University of Arizona (Minor, Mathematics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Stripe mafia152
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded Hippocratic AIMatt HuangBoard MemberFounded Paradigm +1Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEOFounded AuctomaticGreg BrockmanFounding Engineer, then first CTOFounded OpenAIDaniela AmodeiEarly employee — Risk ManagerFounded AnthropicArvid LunnemarkSoftware EngineeringFounded Cursor
+ 145 more
University of Arizona mafia85
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Eric WuBachelor of ScienceFounded Brain Co. +2Daniel CunninghamBSFounded Plantprefab +2Daniel MarashlianBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Portfolium +1Adeel YangB.S./ B.A.Founded Dryvebox +1George Baker Sr.Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded ParkHub +1Quin HoxieBSFounded Fixture +1
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Ramp mafia25
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Karim AtiyehCo-Founder, Co-CEO RampFounded Paribus +2Royce ArockiasamyApplied AI EngineerFounded Pleom +1Austin HayHead of Marketing TechnologyFounded Clarify AIKingsley AdvaniInvestorFounded AllocationsDaniel BessonovInternFounded AvoraMichael LiuProduct ManagerFounded Finary
+ 18 more
Ramp mafia25
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Royce ArockiasamyApplied AI EngineerFounded Pleom +1Karim AtiyehCo-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly CTO)Founded Paribus +1Austin HayHead of Marketing TechnologyFounded Clarify AIKingsley AdvaniInvestorFounded AllocationsDaniel BessonovInternFounded AvoraMichael LiuProduct ManagerFounded Finary
+ 18 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Arizona260
Benjamin BrockwellVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalMary PattonScientific Advisory Board at InnoCom Bio EquitiesTom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersEmily FritzePartner at The Westly GroupPhil WickhamExecutive Managing Director at Sozo VenturesDeena RidleyChief Financial Officer at PEARL ENERGY INVESTMENTS
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Shared employers
Also worked at Turntable (YC W23)1
Also worked at Stripe247
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
+ 241 more
Also worked at Pinterest86
Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesKevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VCAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
+ 80 more
Also worked at Atlassian107
Mike Cannon-BrookesCo-founder & CEO of AtlassianScott FarquharCo-founder of AtlassianAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux CapitalBala SathiamurthyInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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