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Katon Luaces

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at PointOne · Founder at Pointone

New York, New York, United States

FoundedPointonePointOne · YC

About

Katon Luaces previously worked on legal technology at Google and spent time at Applied Intuition developing a platform for autonomous vehicle verification and validation. He is now building PointOne, a timekeeping and billing automation product.

Co-Founder & CEO at PointOneYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Katon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran PointOne's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Katon can intro founders to PointOne's investors below.

PointOne's investors · 6

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checks · since 2026Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2026General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2026Lobster CapitalSan FranciscoScript CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at PointOne

JBJeremy Ben-Meir
Jeremy Ben-MeirCo-Founder & CTO

Founder at Pointone

Intro paths

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In turn, Katon can intro founders to Pointone's investors below.

Pointone's investors · 6

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checksBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksHarvest Venture PartnersCalgaryRitual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks

Co-founders at Pointone

JBJeremy Ben-Meir
Jeremy Ben-MeirFounder

Experience

  1. PointOneCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Applied IntuitionEngineering2022 — 2023Mountain View, California, United States
  3. Jane StreetSoftware Development2021New York, New York, United States
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineering2019 — 2020Mountain View, California, United States
  5. GoogleSoftware Engineering2019Seattle, Washington, United States
  6. Contrast Optical Design & EngineeringEngineering Intern2017 — 2018

Skills & more

Languages Spanish

From Katon's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Katon Luaces?
Katon Luaces previously worked on legal technology at Google and spent time at Applied Intuition developing a platform for autonomous vehicle verification and validation. He is now building PointOne, a timekeeping and billing automation product.
Where does Katon Luaces work?
Katon Luaces is Founder of Pointone and Co-Founder & CEO at PointOne.
What companies did Katon Luaces found?
Katon Luaces founded Pointone, PointOne.
Where did Katon Luaces go to school?
Katon Luaces studied at Columbia University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Exchange).

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