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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.

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Maceo (YC P26) @maceock

open weights with a restrictive license is closed source with a download button

Aug 1, 2026 Β· β™₯ 3

Maceo (YC P26) @maceock

I hate AI B2B SaaS. I say this as someone who built one at YC and hit $400K ARR in 8 weeks. Last month I killed it and pivoted the company to build real-life Jarvis. The last 3 months in 40 seconds: https://t.co/lAiORyNVS9

Jul 28, 2026 Β· β™₯ 8 Β· ⇄ 3

Maceo (YC P26) @maceock

God, these AI growth numbers always sound so made up, like 10 jiggly quabibli billion trillion dollars https://t.co/ZkVRbCgo5H

Jun 4, 2026 Β· β™₯ 7

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 Combinator

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

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. Virginia TechBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2023 β€” 2025
  3. Penn State UniversityTransfered2022 β€” 2023
  4. Beacon High SchoolHigh School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates2018 β€” 2022
  5. Baruch CollegeCertificate, Leadership Academy2019

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)

From Maceo's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Virginia Tech77

Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic VenturesJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors

+ 71 more

Also attended Penn State University141

Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at RevolutionFallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire VenturesNick DolikInvestor at 8VCRobert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion CapitalTony ThomasVenture Partner at Lux Capital

+ 135 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Traba3

Samir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesJacob GottliebAssociate at Lavrock VenturesJames ChenCo-founder at Fernstone