About
Katia Bazzi is the CTO of Vibe. She previously led engineering at Stripe, where she managed development of financial products including credit cards and banking-as-a-service, and held engineering leadership roles at Lightstep and Eventbrite following her graduation from Carnegie Mellon University.
Co-Founder at VibeYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Katia went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Katia can intro founders to Vibe's investors below.
Vibe's investors · 6
Co-founders at Vibe
RM
Ray MorganCEO / Co-Founder
Experience
- CursorEngineeringcurrent2026 — present
- FocalCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — present
- StripeEngineering Manager2020 — 2023
- LightstepStaff Software Engineer2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- EventbriteSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Katia Bazzi?
- Katia Bazzi is the CTO of Vibe. She previously led engineering at Stripe, where she managed development of financial products including credit cards and banking-as-a-service, and held engineering leadership roles at Lightstep and Eventbrite following her graduation from Carnegie Mellon University.
- Where does Katia Bazzi work?
- Katia Bazzi is Co-Founder of Vibe.
- What companies did Katia Bazzi found?
- Katia Bazzi founded Vibe.
- Where did Katia Bazzi go to school?
- Katia Bazzi studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelors).
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