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Maceo Cardinale Kwik

Founder

Founder at ED1TH

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedED1TH Β· YC

About

Maceo Cardinale Kwik is the founder of ED1TH. Previously, he worked as a software engineer at Traba, where he built an internal tool that was adopted across the organization. He now focuses on software development for hardware products.

Founder at ED1THYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Maceo went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran ED1TH's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Maceo can intro founders to ED1TH's investors below.

ED1TH's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2026

Experience

  1. ED1THCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 β€” present
  2. DatostCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. TrabaSoftware Engineer2025 β€” 2026New York, NY
  4. SimonComputing, Inc.Full Stack Software Engineer2025United States
  5. SimonComputing, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2024 β€” 2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  6. Lighthouse StartupsCo-Founder2020 β€” 2023New York, New York, United States
  7. Performant Software Solutions LLCSoftware Engineer Intern2023

Skills & more

NumPySciPyStatisticsMicroservicesCloud ComputingTypeScriptGo (Programming Language)Software InfrastructureTime ManagementNode.js1Google Cloud Platform (GCP)1FastAPI1
+12 moreFlutterAmazon ECSgRPCPostgreSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Microsoft AzurePython (Programming Language)React.jsJavaC++Pandas (Software)C (Programming Language)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Maceo Cardinale Kwik?
Maceo Cardinale Kwik is the founder of ED1TH. Previously, he worked as a software engineer at Traba, where he built an internal tool that was adopted across the organization. He now focuses on software development for hardware products.
Where does Maceo Cardinale Kwik work?
Maceo Cardinale Kwik is Founder of ED1TH.
What companies did Maceo Cardinale Kwik found?
Maceo Cardinale Kwik founded ED1TH.
Where did Maceo Cardinale Kwik go to school?
Maceo Cardinale Kwik studied at Y Combinator; Virginia Tech (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Penn State University (Transfered).

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Shared employers

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