Junaid Popalzai
FounderFounder at CarSignal
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCarSignal · YC
About
Founder of CarSignal, an AI operating system for auto repair shops. Previously worked at Netflix, Notion, Tesla, and Amazon, and studied EECS at UC Berkeley.
Founder at CarSignalYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Junaid went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran CarSignal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Junaid can intro founders to CarSignal's investors below.
CarSignal's investors · 1
Co-founders at CarSignal
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Michael MuzzinFounder
Experience
- Stoa (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- CitiRates Vol Trader2024 — 2026New York City Metropol Bölgesi
- CitiSales & Trading Summer Analyst2024Нью-Йорк, NY
Skills & more
SQLBloomberg TerminalR (Programming Language)1Microsoft PowerPoint2Microsoft Excel3Python (Programming Language)3Java3Microsoft Word2StataSystem Dynamics2Venture Capital2Graph Theory1
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Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)Project ManagementProduct DesignEntrepreneurshipData AnalysisSocial Network AnalysisLanguages English · German · Turkish
- Series 63 — NASAA
- Series 7 — FINRA
- Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) — FINRA
- Business Bridge Program — The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part II — Columbia University
- Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I — Columbia University
- Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis — Stanford University
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Junaid Popalzai?
- Founder of CarSignal, an AI operating system for auto repair shops. Previously worked at Netflix, Notion, Tesla, and Amazon, and studied EECS at UC Berkeley.
- Where does Junaid Popalzai work?
- Junaid Popalzai is Founder of CarSignal.
- What companies did Junaid Popalzai found?
- Junaid Popalzai founded CarSignal.
- Where did Junaid Popalzai go to school?
- Junaid Popalzai studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor's degree, Majors: Computer Science & Economics); Y Combinator; University of Oxford (Keble College Economics Exchange for Hilary 2024).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stoa (YC S26)3
Also worked at Citi1,100
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