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Lucas Switzer

Founder

Founder at Arcane

United States

FoundedArcane · YC

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

Ken ChenaultunlockedLucas: together at Facebook (2018–2019)
×4Lucas: together at Cornell
×3Lucas: together at Facebook
×2Lucas: together at OpenAI

About

Lucas Switzer is a cofounder at Arcane AI, where he is building an AI-powered games platform. He previously worked at Meta on augmented reality glasses and generative AI projects.

Founder at ArcaneYC W24

Intro paths

YC

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

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

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

Arcane's investors · 2

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Arcane

RMRohan Mehta
Rohan MehtaFounder

Experience

  1. MetaAI Engineercurrent2026 — present
  2. OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2025 — 2026
  3. MetaStaff Software Engineer2024 — 2025
  4. Arcane (YC W24)Founder2023 — 2024
  5. MetaStaff Software Engineer2020 — 2023New York, United States
  6. FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2019New York, New York
  7. NVIDIASoftware Engineering Intern2019Santa Clara, California
  8. FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2018Menlo Park, California
  9. Assured Information Security (AIS)Penetration Testing Intern2017Rome, NY

Skills & more

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lucas Switzer?
Lucas Switzer is a cofounder at Arcane AI, where he is building an AI-powered games platform. He previously worked at Meta on augmented reality glasses and generative AI projects.
Where does Lucas Switzer work?
Lucas Switzer is Founder of Arcane.
What companies did Lucas Switzer found?
Lucas Switzer founded Arcane.
Where did Lucas Switzer go to school?
Lucas Switzer studied at Cornell University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator.

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Also worked at Arcane (YC W24)1

Rohan MehtaFounder at Arcane