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Luke Mainwaring
FounderCTO at Lightfield
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedLightfield · YC
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About
Co-founder and CTO of Lightfield. He previously served as CTO at DAHLIA Intelligence, where he worked on an agentic personal assistant for students, and studied computer science before leaving his program.
CTO at LightfieldYC F26
Intro paths
Luke went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — 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 Lightfield's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Luke can intro founders to Lightfield's investors below.
Lightfield's investors · 2
Co-founders at Lightfield
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luke Mainwaring?
- Co-founder and CTO of Lightfield. He previously served as CTO at DAHLIA Intelligence, where he worked on an agentic personal assistant for students, and studied computer science before leaving his program.
- Where does Luke Mainwaring work?
- Luke Mainwaring is CTO of Lightfield.
- What companies did Luke Mainwaring found?
- Luke Mainwaring founded Lightfield.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Acadia University mafia10
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Pareto Fellowship mafia2
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