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Lance Yan

InvestorFounder

Founder & CEO at Traverse

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTraverse · YC

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10,271 people in our graph share verified history with Lance — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

David RobertsunlockedLance: together at YC W26 (2026)

Lance: together at Kalshi

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About

Founder and CEO of Traverse, which develops training data for AI models on complex judgment and reasoning tasks.

Founder & CEO at Traverse YC W26

Intro paths

YC

Lance went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Traverse's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Lance can intro founders to Traverse's investors below.

Traverse's investors · 2

Garage CapitalWaterloo Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2026

Experience

TraverseFounder / CEO
KalshiSoftware Engineer / Builder
StealthFounding Engineer / Multi-Agent Infra
WAT.aiMachine Learning Engineer / Lead
StatespaceGrandmaster / Aimlabs

Investments

Investor

Belvedir Forum Olam Labs

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lance Yan?: Founder and CEO of Traverse, which develops training data for AI models on complex judgment and reasoning tasks.
Where does Lance Yan work?: Lance Yan is Founder & CEO of Traverse.
What companies did Lance Yan found?: Lance Yan founded Traverse.
What companies has Lance Yan invested in?: Investments tracked here include Belvedir, Forum, Olam Labs.
Where did Lance Yan go to school?: Lance Yan studied at Y Combinator (W26); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Computer Science); École Secondaire Moscrop Secondary School (Dogwood Diploma).

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Y Combinator mafia10,563

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University of Waterloo mafia416

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Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090 Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded Instacart Paul F. TruexBachelor of Arts - BAFounded Lqttrx +2 Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1 Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1 Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1

Kalshi mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Matt HuangDirectorFounded Paradigm +1 Michael SeibelDirectorFounded Michael Seibel +1 Justin WeiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Phind Daniel SunSoftware EngineerFounded Breez Labs Zac SchulwolfSoftware Engineer InternFounded BiteSight

State Space mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jason PetraliaAdvisorFounded Outcome

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

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Also attended University of Waterloo652

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Achintya ChaudhariInvestor at Lightbank Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Rohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Shared employers

Also worked at Traverse1

Zachary YuFounder at Belvedir

Also worked at Kalshi13

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark Capital Eric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alex KurlandPartner at Meritech Capital Partners Bill BaumelManaging Director at Ohio Innovation Fund

+ 7 more

Also worked at Stealth66

Tobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures Siddharth RamakrishnanPrincipal at Scale Venture Partners Barkha GvalaniSpecial Partner at Renegade Partners Arun IyerInvestor at Green Flag Liying Iris WangHead of AI at Red Dot Capital Partners Aryan SinhaSenior Analyst at Eximius Ventures

+ 60 more

Also worked at Statespace6

Samir KaulInvestor at Khosla Ventures Zack SchildhornVenture Partner at Lux Capital Elliott RobinsonPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Sherrard HarringtonGeneral Partner at EONXI Aaron WilsonInvestor at EONXI Jason PetraliaFounder & Chief Executive Officer at Outcome