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
Jason went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Jason can intro founders to Distro's investors below.
Distro's investors · 2
Experience
- DistroFounder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- VestedCo-Founder and CTO2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- ElementusChief Technology Officer2021New York, New York, United States
- ElementusTechnical Lead2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Coatue ManagementTechnical Lead2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- PeerIQSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2019New York, New York, United States
- FNY Capital ManagementQuantitative Developer/Trader2015 — 2017New York, New York
- Rialto Capital ManagementAssociate2013 — 2015New York, New York
- NomuraAnalyst2011 — 2013New York, New York
Education
- Stanford UniversityM.S., Computer Science
- Yale UniversityB.A., Cognitive Science
- Y Combinator
Skills & more
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)Node.jsTypeScriptMongoDBNext.jsReact.jsPythonInvestment ManagementSQLBloombergMicrosoft ExcelJavaScriptFrom Jason's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Stanford University mafia721
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Yale University mafia149
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Coatue Management mafia3
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Distro2
Also worked at Elementus1
Also worked at Coatue Management47
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