About
Joshua Chang holds degrees in Computer Science from Stanford and worked as a software engineer at Google developing AI products. He is co-founder of Locata.
Founder at LocataYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Joshua went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Locata's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Joshua can intro founders to Locata's investors below.
Locata's investors · 1
Co-founders at Locata
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Alejandro SalinasFounder
Experience
- LocataCo-CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2021
- TechnoServeTechnical and Design Consultant2021
- Virtu FinancialQuantitative Trading Intern2020
- FalkonryMachine Learning Intern2019Sunnyvale, CA
- Stanford Solar Car ProjectVehicle Dynamics Engineer2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Java4Python4Matlab2STK2SolidWorks4Arduino2C++C
From Joshua's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joshua Chang?
- Joshua Chang holds degrees in Computer Science from Stanford and worked as a software engineer at Google developing AI products. He is co-founder of Locata.
- Where does Joshua Chang work?
- Joshua Chang is Founder of Locata.
- What companies did Joshua Chang found?
- Joshua Chang founded Locata.
- Where did Joshua Chang go to school?
- Joshua Chang studied at Stanford University (B.S. Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence Concentration); Stanford University (M.S. Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence Concentration); Y Combinator.
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