Jason Tokoph
FounderFounder at Blockspring
Los Angeles, California, United States
FoundedBlockspring · YC
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322 people in our graph share verified history with Jason — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Janet WolpertunlockedJason: together at Coinbase (2019–2020)
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×5Jason: together at Y Combinator
About
Jason Tokoph is a full-stack engineer with more than 20 years of experience. His recent work has focused on reliability, scalability, and incident management.
Founder at BlockspringYC S14
Intro paths
YC
Jason went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Blockspring
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Don PinkusFounder/CTO
Experience
- CoinbaseSenior Staff Software Engineer2019 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- BlockspringCo-Founder2014 — 2019San Francisco, CA
- ePrizeEngineer2013 — 2014
- Mozes, Inc.Software Engineer, Lead Engineer2007 — 2013
- Text-MeFounder2007Greater Chicago Area
- PremierProfileFounder2005Greater Chicago Area
Skills & more
Databases5Git15Amazon S33Python5JavaScript10PHP6Amazon Web Services (AWS)7CSS1HTML1jQuery1REST1Reliability Engineering1
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ScalabilityDistributed SystemsTechnical Staff ManagementSoftware InfrastructureIncident ManagementIncident ResponseMajor Incident ManagementMobile ApplicationsFrom Jason's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jason Tokoph?
- Jason Tokoph is a full-stack engineer with more than 20 years of experience. His recent work has focused on reliability, scalability, and incident management.
- Where does Jason Tokoph work?
- Jason Tokoph is Founder of Blockspring.
- What companies did Jason Tokoph found?
- Jason Tokoph founded Blockspring.
- Where did Jason Tokoph go to school?
- Jason Tokoph studied at Y Combinator (Product Market Fit); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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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
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia352
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max LevchinBSFounded PayPal +2Luke NosekBSFounded PayPalAnsuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana +4Maria FardisB.S.Founded Iovance +2DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Super Heroic +2Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +2
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Coinbase mafia93
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Balaji SrinivasanCTOFounded Counsyl +1Fred EhrsamCo-founderFounded NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEOFounded NewLimitKuberan MarimuthuEngineeringFounded Hashcube +2Surojit ChatterjeeChief Product OfficerFounded Ema +1Rob WitoffChief Technology OfficerFounded Chalktalk +1
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign691
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCLuke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of GigafundSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Coinbase181
Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure Group
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