Where does Jay Patel work?

Jay Patel is Founder of 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).

Jay Patel

Founder

Founder at Herald

United States

FoundedHerald · YC

Founder at Herald YC W19

Intro paths

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 · 4

Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2024 Brewer Lane VenturesBoston · since 2024 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2024 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Herald

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 WebServicesPostgreSQL

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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).