About
Joseph Thomas is a co-founder of Forum who previously worked as a software engineer at GEICO, NASA, and DreamwaveAI.
Founder at ForumYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Joseph went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Forum's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Joseph can intro founders to Forum's investors below.
Forum's investors · 2
Co-founders at Forum
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Owen BotkinFounder
Experience
- Forum (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- SpikeCo-Founder2024 — 2025
- GEICOSoftware Development Intern2025
- Georgia Tech ResearchResearch Intern (NLP X Lab)2024 — 2025
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationResearch Intern2022
Skills & more
Languages English · Spanish
From Joseph's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joseph Thomas?
- Joseph Thomas is a co-founder of Forum who previously worked as a software engineer at GEICO, NASA, and DreamwaveAI.
- Where does Joseph Thomas work?
- Joseph Thomas is Founder of Forum.
- What companies did Joseph Thomas found?
- Joseph Thomas founded Forum.
- Where did Joseph Thomas go to school?
- Joseph Thomas studied at Y Combinator; Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Bellarmine College Preparatory.
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