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Manuel Diaz-Granados

Founder

Founder at Lysto

New York, New York, United States

FoundedLysto · YC

About

Manuel Diaz-Granados is an engineer who holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University with published research in cloud computing, big data, and computer vision. He has served as CTO at Lysto AI and previously worked on machine learning systems at Rokt and Tripod AI, developing ad optimization pipelines and image processing infrastructure.

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Founder at LystoYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Manuel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Lysto's investors · 5

Astir VenturesBEENEXTBetter CapitalTiger Global ManagementY Combinator

Co-founders at Lysto

KAKyle Archie
Kyle ArchieFounder
EGEgor Gagin
Egor GaginFounder

Experience

  1. RainEngineeringcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Lysto (YC S23)Co-Founder & CTO2023 — 2025New York, United States
  3. RoktSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2023New York, United States
  4. FlickrSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant2015 — 2017Pittsburgh
  6. Rutgers Discovery Informatics InstituteResearch Assistant2014 — 2015Piscataway, New Jersey

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering2015 — 2016
  2. Y Combinator
  3. Rutgers UniversityBachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering2013 — 2014

Skills & more

Languages English · Spanish

From Manuel's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University251

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index Ventures

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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

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Also attended Rutgers University91

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at Stripes

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Shared employers

Also worked at Rain7

Jai DasPartner, President at Sapphire VenturesAnand IyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoCarl TremblayOperating Partner at Shine CapitalGreg KotchickPrincipal at SINEWAVE VENTURESRob HadickGeneral Partner at MetastableRob HadickGeneral Partner at Dragonfly

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Also worked at Rokt3

PaulInvestor at Square Peg CapitalJustin SmithFounder at Chaos VenturesDarren FikeFounder at Santé

Also worked at Flickr2

Caterina FakeInvestor at Yes VCMaijid MoujaledCo-Founder & President at Chipper Cash

Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University79

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorCindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcAymerik RenardGeneral Partner at HCVC

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