About
Chen previously worked as a software engineer at Ford Motor's R&D lab and has background in full stack engineering and operations management. He is now developing AI automation tools for dental clinic back-office operations.
Founder at Toothy AIYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Johnny went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Toothy AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Johnny can intro founders to Toothy AI's investors below.
Toothy AI's investors · 3
Co-founders at Toothy AI
MK
Matt KerriganFounder
TK
Tejas KonduruFounder
Experience
- Toothy AI (YC W25)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SalezillaCo-Founder & Chief Operating Officer2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- D-Ford Palo AltoSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Palo Alto, California
- Collective Technologies Inc.Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Epsilon FinancialCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Data Analysis20Research17Marketing16Business Development15Financial Modeling12Social Media9Agile Methodologies6Test Driven Development6Event Planning7Risk Management4Express.js12Heroku14
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Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)Technical RecruitingManagementLeadershipPublic SpeakingCommunicationJavaScriptReact.jsNode.jsMySQLAngularJSMongoDBLanguages Chinese · English
- Series 65- Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination — FINRA
From Johnny's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Johnny Chen?
- Chen previously worked as a software engineer at Ford Motor's R&D lab and has background in full stack engineering and operations management. He is now developing AI automation tools for dental clinic back-office operations.
- Where does Johnny Chen work?
- Johnny Chen is Founder of Toothy AI.
- What companies did Johnny Chen found?
- Johnny Chen founded Toothy AI.
- Where did Johnny Chen go to school?
- Johnny Chen studied at Y Combinator (Founder); Purdue University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance); Hack Reactor (Onsite Software Engineering Immersive Program).
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Lynbrook High School mafia16
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