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About
Luigi Charles is a second-time founder with a Columbia computer science and mathematics degree. He previously built and scaled payments infrastructure focused on stablecoins to handle multi-billion dollar transaction volumes.
Founder at DarwinYC F25
Intro paths
Luigi went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Darwin's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Luigi can intro founders to Darwin's investors below.
Darwin's investors · 11
Co-founders at Darwin
Founder at Spherepay
Intro paths
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Founder at SphereYC W22
Intro paths
Luigi went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sphere's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Luigi can intro founders to Sphere's investors below.
Sphere's investors · 15
Co-founders at Sphere
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luigi Charles?
- Luigi Charles is a second-time founder with a Columbia computer science and mathematics degree. He previously built and scaled payments infrastructure focused on stablecoins to handle multi-billion dollar transaction volumes.
- Where does Luigi Charles work?
- Luigi Charles is Founder of Darwin and Founder at Spherepay and Founder at Sphere.
- What companies did Luigi Charles found?
- Luigi Charles founded Darwin, Sphere, Spherepay, Thesis.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Columbia University mafia602
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sphere mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lyford Cay International School mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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