Kevin Tang
FounderCo-founder at Firebender
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedFirebender Β· YC
About
Kevin Tang worked as a software engineer at Two Sigma, where he designed and built service infrastructure for trading and modeling teams. He began programming in high school by developing Roblox games.
Co-founder at FirebenderYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Kevin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer β the partner who ran Firebender's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Firebender's investors below.
Firebender's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Firebender
AG
Aman GottumukkalaFounder
Experience
- FirebenderCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2024 β present
- Stealth StartupCo-Founder2022 β 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Two SigmaSoftware Engineer2020 β 2022
- American ExpressSoftware Engineer2019 β 2020Phoenix, AZ
- Honey (joinhoney.com)Software Engineer Intern2019Los Angeles, CA
- The University of Texas at DallasCybersecurity Camp Director2018Richardson, Tx
- Texas A&M UniversityStudent Technician II2017 β 2018College Station-Bryan Area
- RobloxIndie Game Developer2017
Skills & more
Basketball26Clojure2Ultimate Frisbee29EntrepreneurshipObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)5Java2Node.js11React.js2JavaScript8C++3Google Cloud Platform (GCP)2Amazon Web Services (AWS)3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Tang?
- Kevin Tang worked as a software engineer at Two Sigma, where he designed and built service infrastructure for trading and modeling teams. He began programming in high school by developing Roblox games.
- Where does Kevin Tang work?
- Kevin Tang is Co-founder of Firebender.
- What companies did Kevin Tang found?
- Kevin Tang founded Firebender.
- Where did Kevin Tang go to school?
- Kevin Tang studied at Texas A&M University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (W24); Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (High School Diploma).
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