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Kieran Taylor

Founder

Co-Founder at Midship

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMidship · YC

About

Kieran Taylor previously worked at Deloitte, Amazon, and Instacart. He is a co-founder of Midship, an AI platform for SOX testing.

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Kieran Taylor @_kietay

i've replaced my endel subscription with this video on repeat https://t.co/Xk8islvCt1

Feb 5, 2026 · ♥ 1

Kieran Taylor @_kietay

if you’re selling me a korean style dish and it doesn’t come with kimchi by default you can get lost

Feb 4, 2026 · ♥ 2

Kieran Taylor @_kietay

new macos is sick

Sep 17, 2025 · ♥ 1

Co-Founder at MidshipYC S24

Intro paths

YC

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

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

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In turn, Kieran can intro founders to Midship's investors below.

Midship's investors · 3

Costanoa VenturesSeguin VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Midship

AIAahel Iyer
Aahel IyerFounder
MMMax Maio
Max MaioCo-Founder

Experience

  1. OptroVice Presidentcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. MidshipCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. DashworksFounding Engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  4. InstacartSenior Software Engineer II2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. AmazonSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  6. JETSWEATSoftware Engineer2020New York City Metropolitan Area
  7. DeloitteSoftware Engineer2017 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  8. Stackhouse PolandSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017Guildford, United Kingdom
  9. LinkedInIntern2016London, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science2019 — 2020
  2. Y Combinator2024
  3. The University of ManchesterBSc Biology (Hons) with Industrial Experience, Biology2012 — 2016

Skills & more

Start-up Ventures4Data Engineering4Machine Learning2Streaming MediaWeb ServicesBack-End Web DevelopmentCloud Computing1Apache SparkBig DataResearch5Agile MethodologiesData Warehousing
+12 moreCommunity OutreachKubernetesData PipelinesREST APIsFlutterMicrosoft ExcelSQLVisual Basic for Applications (VBA)PythonBlockchainHadoopAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Languages English · Mandarin

  • Functional Programming Principles in Scala — EPFL
  • Statistics with Python Specialization — University of Michigan
  • Amazon Web Services Big Data Specialty — Amazon
  • Algorithms Specialization — Stanford University
  • GCP Professional Data Engineer — Google

From Kieran's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Cornell University mafia182

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ryan XueBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded Andco +2Mada SegheteBSFounded Upside +1Natalia BakaevaData-Driven Marketing CertificateFounded cashew +1Euwyn PoonComputer ScienceFounded 3dot +1Phil YuenB.AFounded Aurabeat +1Daryl SewBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Certainly Health +1

+ 175 more

The University of Manchester mafia26

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Andy LeaverMEng/BScFounded ArqitRajiv DatarMastersFounded Chromatan, Inc.Ben PetersBachelor of Computer ScienceFounded BitsoIzaak Chung-GrahamMaster of Science - MSFounded iveeUmar AfridiMPharmFounded TruePillShahzad YounasBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded Muzz

+ 19 more

Instacart mafia22

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Aamir PoonawallaTechnical LeadFounded Understudy Labs +1Jake SeipSenior Product Manager, New VerticalsFounded Aero +1Quentin RousseauSenior Reliability EngineerFounded Rootly +1Lev KokotovSenior Software EngineerFounded PostgresML +1Jesse RobbinsStrategic AdvisorFounded ChefDayton ThorpeSenior Data ScientistFounded Mercator

+ 15 more

Dashworks mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Aahel IyerFounding Product DesignerFounded MidshipMax MaioSoftware EngineerFounded Midship

Same school

Also attended Cornell University710

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

+ 704 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended The University of Manchester153

Joel NoyceInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames BraithwaiteFinancial Controller at NorthzoneFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalSimon SegarsExecutive Advisor at Black Opal VenturesHonor de WintonExecutive Assistant at Giant Ventures Global Llp

+ 147 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Optro1

Aahel IyerFounder at Midship

Also worked at Midship3

Amy CheethamPartner at Costanoa VenturesAahel IyerFounder at MidshipMax MaioCo-Founder at Midship

Also worked at Amazon597

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group

+ 591 more

Also worked at Deloitte1,225

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

+ 1,219 more