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1,326 people in our graph share verified history with Iyanu — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedIyanu: together at Facebook (2018–2020)
×8Iyanu: together at Intel Corporation
×2Iyanu: together at Techstars
Iyanu: together at Facebook
About
Iyanu Obidele previously worked at Intel and Facebook, where he built cloud orchestration systems and products serving millions of users. He is now building BlackOakTV with Uzo Ometu.
Founder at BlackOakTVYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Iyanu went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Iyanu can intro founders to BlackOakTV's investors below.
BlackOakTV's investors · 3
Co-founders at BlackOakTV
UO
Uzo OmetuFounder
Experience
- BlackOakTVChief Technology Officer2021 — 2025
- FacebookSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
- Intel CorporationCloud Engineer Intern2016 — 2017Hillsboro, OR
- The Workplace Centre LimitedIT System Analyst2015
- South-West Resource CenterInstructor2014
- Sonet Technology Ltd.Oracle Consultant2011 — 2013Lagos, Nigeria
Skills & more
Product ManagementAmazon BedrockAWS LambdaAWS MediapackageStripe (Software)Amazon SQSAmazon EC2Aws amplifyAmazon CloudFrontPostgreSQLAWS CloudFormationAmazon Aurora
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Node.jsGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Next.jsTv app developmentAWS CDKNotifcation SystemsAPI GatewaysTypeScriptContainerizationAmazon DynamodbKubernetesLarge-scale Data AnalysisLanguages Yoruba
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Iyanu Obidele?
- Iyanu Obidele previously worked at Intel and Facebook, where he built cloud orchestration systems and products serving millions of users. He is now building BlackOakTV with Uzo Ometu.
- Where does Iyanu Obidele work?
- Iyanu Obidele is Founder of BlackOakTV.
- What companies did Iyanu Obidele found?
- Iyanu Obidele founded BlackOakTV.
- Where did Iyanu Obidele go to school?
- Iyanu Obidele studied at Portland State University (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of South Florida; Babcock University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science).
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
Techstars mafia2,005
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Brad FeldCo-founderFounded TechstarsGleb ChuvpiloTechstars Boston Accelerator 2014Founded Thor Directed Energy +6David CummingsTechstars Boulder Accelerator 2012Founded Undaunted +6Jagmeet LambaEntrepreneurshipFounded Certa +3Ben LammMentor & InvestorFounded Breaking +3T.J. ParkerTechstars Boston Accelerator 2013Founded Tjparker +2
+ 1,998 more
Intel Corporation mafia195
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lip-Bu TanChief Executive OfficerFounded Walden Catalyst +2Micha Y. BreakstoneManager of the Statistical NLP groupFounded Chorus AI +2Ritik MalhotraSoftware EngineerFounded Savvy +2Amir FaintuchSenior Vice President & General ManagerFounded Hourly +1Kamesh RaghavendraIntern, Test TechnologiesFounded Geminus +1Ruban KanapathippillaiSenior Design ManagerFounded Iterate AI +1
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University of South Florida mafia31
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
George ChurchArt / PhotographyFounded Editas Medicine +5Jay ParrishPhDFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Suresh BatchuMaster's DegreeFounded Mobile Iron +1Sachin GandhiM.S.Founded Xpliant +1Travis JaraeBachelor’s DegreeFounded One World Identity +1Aadith MoorthyResearch AssistantFounded Boomitra +1
+ 24 more
Portland State University mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Montana LowBachelor of ScienceFounded Tomo +3Akshay DodejaBachelor of Science - BSFounded Terminal49 +1Paresh PatelBSFounded VendScreen +1Ranice BrownBachelors of ScienceFounded Techstars +1Carl ThongPostgraduate CertificateFounded BankingonJoe McCannBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Nodesource
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Same school
Also attended Portland State University46
Dr. Sidney YeeVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersAlan MaCampus Lead at The MBA FundAbdulrahman A. MaziVice Chairman at Tech Invest ComBen NahirPartner at Elevate CapitalMelissa FreemanCapital Raising & Investor Relations at Oregon Venture FundAmanda LangManaging Director at AlTi Wealth Management France
+ 40 more
Also attended University of South Florida91
Michael TaylorOperating Partner at Mission BiocapitalJay ParrishVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersMarkInvestor at Yu GalaxyElias TorresInvestor at Array Ventures Management LlcJacob SmithSenior Associate: Helena Special Investments at Helena Special InvestmentsJonathan MercadoPrincipal at First Bight Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at BlackOakTV1
Also worked at Facebook773
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashStanley TangCo-founder of DoorDash
+ 767 more
Also worked at Intel Corporation679
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital
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