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Leeds Rising

Founder

Founder at Maximal

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMaximal · YC

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

Mike ZakunlockedLeeds: together at Cornell (2017)
×4Leeds: together at Alchemy
×2Leeds: together at Amazon
×4Leeds: together at Cornell

About

Leeds Rising studied computer science and operations research at Cornell and Columbia, and has worked as a product manager for Stuffstr on last-mile delivery logistics in the UK, as an engineer at Amazon optimizing throughput in fulfillment operations, and grew up in a 3PL business background.

Founder at MaximalYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Leeds went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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 Maximal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Leeds can intro founders to Maximal's investors below.

Maximal's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Maximal

DYDerek Ye
Derek YeFounder

Experience

  1. MaximalCofounder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AlchemyProduct Manager2023 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  3. GoldenProduct Manager2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  4. BloombergSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  5. StuffstrProduct and Operations Intern2019
  6. AmazonSDE / Operations Research Intern2018
  7. Cornell UniversityResearch Assistant2017

Skills & more

Product Management15Data Science12Entrepreneurship9Machine Learning5Agile Project Management4Digital Strategy5C6Microsoft Office11Python9R3Swift (Programming Language)2SQL2
+6 moreReact NativeJavaScriptPublic SpeakingApache KafkaUX ResearchProduct Strategy

From Leeds's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Leeds Rising?
Leeds Rising studied computer science and operations research at Cornell and Columbia, and has worked as a product manager for Stuffstr on last-mile delivery logistics in the UK, as an engineer at Amazon optimizing throughput in fulfillment operations, and grew up in a 3PL business background.
Where does Leeds Rising work?
Leeds Rising is Founder of Maximal.
What companies did Leeds Rising found?
Leeds Rising founded Maximal.
Where did Leeds Rising go to school?
Leeds Rising studied at Cornell University (BS Operations Research BS Computer Science (double major)); Columbia University (MS Operations Research); Y Combinator (S25 batch).

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Also worked at Maximal1

Derek YeFounder at Maximal