Find your path to Jay
821 people in our graph share verified history with Jay — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier SolterounlockedJay: together at VMware (2012)
×2Jay: together at Airbnb
×3Jay: together at VMware
Jay: together at Uber
Founder at HeraldYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Jay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jay can intro founders to Herald's investors below.
Herald's investors · 2
Co-founders at Herald
NP
Nilkanth PatelFounder
Experience
- LinkedInSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — present
- AirbnbSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025
- RutterChief Architect2022 — 2024
- Herald (YC W19) - heraldhq.comCEO and Co-Founder2018 — 2021
- UberTech Lead Manager, Observability + SRE2015 — 2018
- VMwareMember of Technical Staff2012 — 2014
- Pattern InsightSoftware Engineer2010 — 2012
- Yahoo!Software Development Engineer2009 — 2010
Skills & more
Team BuildingCross-functional AlignmentAPI DevelopmentContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Technical DocumentationAPI TestingScalability5Distributed Systems41TypeScriptGo (Programming Language)RESTful architectureOrganizational Alignment
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RESTful WebServicesPostgreSQLFrom Jay's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jay Patel?
- Founder at Herald
- Where does Jay Patel work?
- Jay Patel is Founder of Herald.
- What companies did Jay Patel found?
- Jay Patel founded Herald.
- Where did Jay Patel go to school?
- Jay Patel studied at Y Combinator; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD, Computer Science); The University of Texas-Pan American (BSCS, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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
+ 10,223 more
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
+ 345 more
Uber mafia233
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Garrett CampFounder & ChairmanFounded Aero +1Raquel UrtasunChief Scientist, Head of Uber ATG R&DFounded WaabiGary VaynerchukAngel InvestorFounded Empathywines +4Dan LifshitsEngineering ContractorFounded GO GLOBAL WORLD +1David PickerellLead Operations and Logistics ManagerFounded GigSafe +1Ben LernerSoftware Engineer, InfrastructureFounded Espresso AI +1
+ 226 more
Airbnb mafia123
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Brian ArmstrongSoftware EngineerFounded Coinbase +1Khaled HusseinPayments Product LeadFounded Tilt +2Honghao DengUX Research ScientistFounded Butlr +2James J BesharaDirector, ProductFounded Tilt +1Shervin PishevarInvestorFounded Freetelly +1Leah CulverSenior iOS EngineerFounded Breaker +1
+ 116 more
LinkedIn mafia113
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanCo-founder & ChairmanFounded Manas AI +1Gordon WintrobEngineering ManagerFounded Newfrontinsurance +2Eric RowellSenior Frontend EngineerFounded Uiflow +2Rahul VohraLinkedIn IntroFounded Superhuman +1Joseph LauSoftware Engineer InternFounded Alchemy Insights, Inc. +1Richard MengSoftware Engineering InternFounded Roe AI +1
+ 106 more
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
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign864
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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Also attended The University of Texas-Pan American3
Shared employers
Also worked at LinkedIn316
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDylan FieldCo-founder, CEO & Chair of FigmaRyan HrabakInvestor at LightbankBen CasnochaSilicon Valley-based entrepreneur, author, and investor
+ 310 more
Also worked at Airbnb218
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalBrian CheskyCo-founder & CEO of AirbnbJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbNathan BlecharczykCo-founder & CSO of AirbnbBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of Coinbase
+ 212 more
Also worked at Uber601
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack
+ 595 more
Also worked at VMware254
Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMichael DellFounder & CEO of Dell TechnologiesJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesBogomil BalkanskyHome chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer
+ 248 more