Where does Jack Grodnick work?

Jack Grodnick is Founder of Control Seat.

What companies did Jack Grodnick found?

Jack Grodnick founded Control Seat.

Where did Jack Grodnick go to school?

Jack Grodnick studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Economics); Y Combinator (S26).

Jack Grodnick

Founder

Founder at Control Seat

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedControl Seat · YC

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10,236 people in our graph share verified history with Jack — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Josephine LeeunlockedJack: together at YC S26 (2026)

×6Jack: together at SpaceX

×5Jack: together at Tesla

About

Jack Grodnick previously worked at Tesla, SpaceX, and Amazon. He is now building Control Seat, a SCADA platform for factory hardware monitoring and control.

Founder at Control Seat YC S26

Intro paths

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

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Control Seat's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jack can intro founders to Control Seat's investors below.

Control Seat's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Control Seat

Warren ShepardFounder

Experience

Control SeatCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
SpaceXHigh Power Engineer2025Starbase, Texas, United States
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2025Seattle, Washington, United States
TeslaControls Engineer2024Fremont, California, United States

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jack Grodnick?: Jack Grodnick previously worked at Tesla, SpaceX, and Amazon. He is now building Control Seat, a SCADA platform for factory hardware monitoring and control.
Where does Jack Grodnick work?: Jack Grodnick is Founder of Control Seat.
What companies did Jack Grodnick found?: Jack Grodnick founded Control Seat.
Where did Jack Grodnick go to school?: Jack Grodnick studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Economics); Y Combinator (S26).

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