About
Jason Zhan is CTO and cofounder of Memoir. He holds a BS from Northwestern and previously worked at IMC Trading, Stripe, and AWS.
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- j•••@trymemoir.aireveal75% confident
Founder at MemoirYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Jason went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Memoir's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jason can intro founders to Memoir's investors below.
Memoir's investors · 4
Co-founders at Memoir
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Maanav AgrawalFounder
Experience
- Memoir (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- StripeSoftware Engineer2026
- IMC TradingSoftware Engineer2025Chicago, IL
- Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Engineer2024United States
- Resell UniversityReseller2020 — 2022New Jersey, United States
Skills & more
TeamworkC++DjangoPandas (Software)NumPypythonPython (Programming Language)UnityC#Game DevelopmentProgrammingTest Design
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JavaData StructuresAlgorithmsLanguages English · Latin · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jason Zhan?
- Jason Zhan is CTO and cofounder of Memoir. He holds a BS from Northwestern and previously worked at IMC Trading, Stripe, and AWS.
- Where does Jason Zhan work?
- Jason Zhan is Founder of Memoir.
- What companies did Jason Zhan found?
- Jason Zhan founded Memoir.
- Where did Jason Zhan go to school?
- Jason Zhan studied at Northwestern University (Computer Science); John P. Stevens High School.
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Shared employers
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