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1,551 people in our graph share verified history with Josh β schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier SolterounlockedJosh: together at VMware (2011)
Γ5Josh: together at Stanford University
Γ4Josh: together at VMware
Josh: together at Uber
About
Josh Valdez is co-founder and CEO of Engines. He previously worked as an engineering manager at Gem, an infrastructure engineer on Uber's machine learning platform and reliability teams, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford.
Founder at EnginesYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Josh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Engines's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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Engines's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Engines
JZ
Jet ZhouFounder
Experience
- NuancedCTOcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- EnginesCo-Founder2024 β 2025
- GemEngineering Manager2022San Francisco Bay Area
- GemSenior Software Engineer2019 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSoftware Engineer2014 β 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- UdacityCourse Developer2013 β 2014
- Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant2012Stanford, California
- NiciraOpenstack Intern2012Palo Alto, California
- VMwareMTS Intern2011San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2010
Skills & more
Python8Git4Python (Programming Language)1Go1Programming5Scalability1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Valdez?
- Josh Valdez is co-founder and CEO of Engines. He previously worked as an engineering manager at Gem, an infrastructure engineer on Uber's machine learning platform and reliability teams, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford.
- Where does Josh Valdez work?
- Josh Valdez is Founder of Engines.
- What companies did Josh Valdez found?
- Josh Valdez founded Engines.
- Where did Josh Valdez go to school?
- Josh Valdez studied at Stanford University (B.S., Computer Science); Marcus High School (High School).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Stanford University mafia1,934
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Uber mafia233
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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
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Udacity mafia89
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Same school
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Also attended Marcus High School2
Shared employers
Also worked at Engines1
Also worked at Gem14
Cathy GaoPartner at Sapphire VenturesDaniel LevineInvestor at AccelTracy LiuSenior Associate at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Arnav BimbhetPartner at FirstMark CapitalSruthi RamaswamiPrincipal at Iconiq GrowthMaggie ZhangFounder at Read Bean
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Also worked at Uber602
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Also worked at Udacity34
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