About
Ivan Chub is the founder of Idler and previously cofounded Dark Forest, 0xPARC, and Zupass. He has also held roles at Facebook, Dynasty, and AppSheet.
Founder at idlerYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Ivan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran idler's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Ivan can intro founders to idler's investors below.
idler's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at idler
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Nalu ConcepcionFounder
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Tony GossFounder
Experience
- IdlerFounder & CEOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Hack LodgeCo-Foundercurrent2018 β present
- 0xPARCMember of Technical Staff2023 β 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- 0xPARCCo-Founder - 0xPARC2021 β 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- 0xPARCCo-Founder & CTO - Dark Forest2020 β 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- Dynasty.comSenior Software Engineer2020Venice Beach
- Dynasty.comSoftware Engineer2019 β 2020
- Dynasty.comSoftware Engineer Intern2019
- AppSheetSoftware Engineer2017 β 2019Seattle, Washington, United States
- AppSheetSoftware Engineer Intern2016 β 2017Seattle, Washington, United States
- Northwest Academy of SciencesMath Instructor2014 β 2016
- FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2015Seattle
- AppSheetSoftware Engineer Intern2014Seattle, Washington, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ivan Chub?
- Ivan Chub is the founder of Idler and previously cofounded Dark Forest, 0xPARC, and Zupass. He has also held roles at Facebook, Dynasty, and AppSheet.
- Where does Ivan Chub work?
- Ivan Chub is Founder of idler.
- What companies did Ivan Chub found?
- Ivan Chub founded idler.
- Where did Ivan Chub go to school?
- Ivan Chub studied at University of Washington (Dropped Out, Computer Science).
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