About
Jessie Young is the founder and CEO of Cakework, which provides APIs for serverless code hosting across developer platforms.
Founder at CakeworkYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Jessie went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Cakework's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jessie can intro founders to Cakework's investors below.
Cakework's investors · 1
Co-founders at Cakework
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Eric ChenFounder
Experience
- EventualSoftware Engineer2025San Francisco, California, United States
- CakeworkCo-founder2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Preemptive AI - Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Senior Software Engineer2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonProduct Manager2019 — 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer II2015 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015Greater Seattle Area
- Infinite Biomedical TechnologiesSoftware Engineer Intern2011 — 2012Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Education
- The Johns Hopkins UniversityB.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering2007 — 2011
- Saratoga High School2004 — 2007
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
The Johns Hopkins University mafia50
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Merrill AnovickB.A. with HonorsFounded Lynd Clinical +1Ralph GooteeM.S. Applied MathematicsFounded TigerEye +1Kanishk ParasharBSFounded Powder +1Thomas MargeMaster's degreeFounded Rewbi +1David NarrowMSEFounded SonavexRanjeet BhatiaMAFounded Agilyx
+ 43 more
Saratoga High School mafia11
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jeremie HabibFounded GigwellArman RafatiFounded GlimmerAlan LuHigh School DiplomaFounded InteguruVarsha Ramesh WalshFounded OffstreamWilliam HuHigh School DiplomaFounded RiskAngleZeyneb KayaFounded Topological
+ 4 more
Same school
Also attended The Johns Hopkins University250
Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital PartnersDemi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire VenturesCaitlinChief of Staff at Hummingbird VenturesJun JeonInvestor at Khosla VenturesNicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla VenturesElena VibochManaging Director at General Catalyst
+ 244 more
Also attended Saratoga High School18
Ciara Campbell BowenExecutive Assistant at Sapphire VenturesLeo FonsecaSr. Principal at Graphene VenturesChris HulmeSenior Associate at Sorenson VenturesDominick RichiusoInvestor at Founders Circle CapitalAgastya GuptaSenior Associate at Nyca PartnersElijah YiVice President at Cathay Innovation
+ 12 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Eventual3
Also worked at Cakework1
Also worked at Amazon597
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
+ 591 more