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.
GP
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
Co-founders at Arcane
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Rohan MehtaFounder
Experience
- MetaAI Engineercurrent2026 — present
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2025 — 2026
- MetaStaff Software Engineer2024 — 2025
- Arcane (YC W24)Founder2023 — 2024
- MetaStaff Software Engineer2020 — 2023New York, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2019New York, New York
- NVIDIASoftware Engineering Intern2019Santa Clara, California
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2018Menlo Park, California
- Assured Information Security (AIS)Penetration Testing Intern2017Rome, NY
Skills & more
Languages English
From Lucas's professional profile.
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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NVIDIA mafia81
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Meta304
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