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Maggie Zhang

Founder

Founder at Read Bean

New York, New York, United States

FoundedRead Bean Β· YC

About

Maggie Zhang studied computer science at MIT and has held roles in quantitative trading at Virtu, software engineering at Bloomberg, management consulting at Bain & Company, and previously bootstrapped an e-commerce business. She is currently CEO of Read Bean.

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maggie @maggieqzhang

coolest product i've seen in a long time https://t.co/T71pVqxr0v

Aug 14, 2025 Β· β™₯ 3

maggie @maggieqzhang

met these guys two years ago and knew they were on a rocketship. now a $2B rocketship. congrats!!!! https://t.co/0Fr9Qw7ycv

Feb 20, 2025 Β· β™₯ 4

maggie @maggieqzhang

we’re so back 🌁 https://t.co/YgjMHw8yE1

Jan 6, 2025 Β· β™₯ 3

Founder at Read BeanYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Maggie went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Maggie can intro founders to Read Bean's investors below.

Read Bean's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Read Bean

SLSavannah Liu
Savannah LiuFounder

Experience

  1. Read BeanCEO/Co-Foundercurrent2024 β€” present
  2. GlazeCo-Founder2023 β€” 2024New York, New York, United States
  3. Bain & CompanyAssociate Consultant2022New York, New York, United States
  4. GemSoftware Engineer2022San Francisco, California, United States
  5. Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineer2021New York, New York, United States
  6. Virtu FinancialQuantitative Trading2021New York, New York, United States
  7. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMachine Learning Researcher2019 β€” 2020

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyComputer Science and Engineering
  2. Y Combinator
  3. ProdCohort 2

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)4Java2Arduino1C++1TensorFlow1Keras1Leadership2Machine Learning3

Languages Chinese Β· English

From Maggie's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology994

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 988 more

Also attended Y Combinator1,485

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

+ 1,479 more

Also attended Prod3

Robbie KhazanInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcDevi JhaFounder at CardinalMalhar BhideFounder at Origin

Shared employers

Also worked at Read Bean1

Savannah LiuFounder at Read Bean

Also worked at Bain & Company636

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpZach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear VenturesIan MarshInvestor at DN CapitalSanjot MalhiPartner at Northzone

+ 630 more

Also worked at Gem3

Cathy GaoPartner at Sapphire VenturesDaniel LevineInvestor at AccelUlysse CarionFounder at Tesseral

Also worked at Bloomberg LP97

Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupNaimish PatelChief Growth Officer at Red Cell Incubation

+ 91 more