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Lucas Ochoa

Founder

Founder at Automat

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAutomat · YC

About

Lucas Ochoa previously worked at Google and Microsoft before becoming CEO of Automat.

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lucas ochoa @lucas0choa

Today, I'm excited to announce that Pablo Lleras is joining Automat as our third co-founder and CTO. Pablo previously served as CTO at @StartX and helped scale engineering at Pixlee from <10 to 500+ people. He brings the experience to build for the next stage of Automat — and https://t.co/STcFExjVMk

Jul 28, 2026 · ♥ 18 · ⇄ 1

lucas ochoa @lucas0choa

excited to be partnering with @lukaspostulka and @nikolas_keller at Walter. we saw a clear fit between their customer's quest - a better way of automating manual business processes - and what Automat offers. more to come on how we're making this kind of hands-on, https://t.co/n747RdY6SL

Jul 23, 2026 · ♥ 8 · ⇄ 2

lucas ochoa @lucas0choa

Many people ask why we started out with RPA as our beachhead when building Automat. It makes sense. It’s where purchasers for UI based automations already have sophisticated and expensive operations running deterministic bots that underpin the operations for most Fortune 500s. https://t.co/DmJ851E4Nd

Jul 23, 2026 · ♥ 6 · ⇄ 2

Founder at AutomatYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Lucas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 Automat's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Automat's investors below.

Automat's investors · 4

Felicis VenturesK5 GlobalKhosla VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Automat

GBGautam Bose
Gautam BoseFounder

Experience

  1. Automat AI AutomationsCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. GoogleProduct & Design @ Everyday Robots2021 — 2023
  3. GoogleLead Hardware Interaction Designer | Pixel Buds Pro2020 — 2021Mountain View, California, United States
  4. GoogleCreative Lab 5 - Creative Technologist2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  5. MicrosoftHardware Interaction Designer2018Redmond
  6. MicrosoftUX Designer2017Redmond

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor of Design & Human Computer Interaction2015 — 2019
  2. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyExchange Student, Industrial and Product Design2017
  3. Livingston High2011 — 2013
  4. Y Combinator

Skills & more

Autodesk Inventor7Xcode7Adobe Photoshop2Adobe Creative Suite1Crowdfunding21User-centered Design17Research7Product Design83D Modeling8Rapid Prototyping83D Printing10Social Media8
+5 moreHCIStrategic PlanningManagementLeadershipPublic Speaking

Languages English · Spanish

From Lucas'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

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Carnegie Mellon University mafia168

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dr. Manu KumarBSFounded Hi Hello +1Blake SchollBSFounded Boom +1Vishwas PrabhakaraB.S.Founded Fanvibe +1Dan SilbermanMathematics and Computer ScienceFounded Mozart Data +1Ivan KiriginMSFounded YesGraph +1Wei An WangBachelor's Degree (BS)Founded Readily +1

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology mafia11

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Youmin KimBachelor's DegreeFounded Take AppYongjin ParkBachelor of Science (BS)Founded 1849 bioRobert KimBachelor's degreeFounded LaminarDin MailibayBachelor of Science - BSFounded LaminarYong Hee LeeBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded Cuckoo LabsGunwoo KimBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Cuckoo Labs

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Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University378

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 372 more

Also attended Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology28

Thorben RothePartner - Venture at Iris CapitalOhsang KwonPartner at SazzeJosh JungPrincipal at Z Venture CapitalArchi KongManaging Partner at Asia2G CapitalMinjoo KimPrincipal at Storm VenturesChris SonnenbergPartner and Co-Founder at Innovation Industries

+ 22 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

Shared employers

Also worked at Automat AI Automations3

Tobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesGautam BoseFounder at AutomatVignesh RajmohanFounder at Pivot Robotics

Also worked at Google1,533

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also worked at Microsoft1,056

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

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