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Jason Sullivan

Founder

Founder at Distro

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedDistro · YC

About

Jason Sullivan is a co-founder of Vested and founder of Distro, an AI platform for industrial wholesale distribution. He previously served as CTO at Elementus, tech lead at Coatue, and senior engineer at PeerIQ, with earlier experience as a credit derivatives trader. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford and a BA in Cognitive Science from Yale.

Founder at DistroYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Jason went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, Jason can intro founders to Distro's investors below.

Distro's investors · 2

Lighthouse VenturesPrague · $220K – $1.1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

  1. DistroFounder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. VestedCo-Founder and CTO2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  3. ElementusChief Technology Officer2021New York, New York, United States
  4. ElementusTechnical Lead2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  5. Coatue ManagementTechnical Lead2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  6. PeerIQSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2019New York, New York, United States
  7. FNY Capital ManagementQuantitative Developer/Trader2015 — 2017New York, New York
  8. Rialto Capital ManagementAssociate2013 — 2015New York, New York
  9. NomuraAnalyst2011 — 2013New York, New York

Skills & more

MySQL2Back-End Web Development2Full-Stack Development2Front-End DevelopmentGitHubHTMLPython (Programming Language)C (Programming Language)SnowflakeGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Apache AirflowReact Native
+12 moreAmazon Web Services (AWS)Node.jsTypeScriptMongoDBNext.jsReact.jsPythonInvestment ManagementSQLBloombergMicrosoft ExcelJavaScript

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jason Sullivan?
Jason Sullivan is a co-founder of Vested and founder of Distro, an AI platform for industrial wholesale distribution. He previously served as CTO at Elementus, tech lead at Coatue, and senior engineer at PeerIQ, with earlier experience as a credit derivatives trader. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford and a BA in Cognitive Science from Yale.
Where does Jason Sullivan work?
Jason Sullivan is Founder of Distro.
What companies did Jason Sullivan found?
Jason Sullivan founded Distro.
Where did Jason Sullivan go to school?
Jason Sullivan studied at Stanford University (M.S., Computer Science); Yale University (B.A., Cognitive Science); Y Combinator.

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