Mariam Sulakian
InvestorFounderVP, Engineering - AI products at Filevine · Co-Founder, CTO at Pincites
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedPincites · YC
About
Mariam Sulakian is a co-founder of Pincites. She previously held product roles at GitHub and engineering positions at Meta.
Co-Founder, CTO at PincitesYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Mariam went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Pincites's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Mariam can intro founders to Pincites's investors below.
Pincites's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pincites
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Sona SulakianFounder
Experience
- FilevineVP, Engineering - AI productscurrent2025 — present
- PincitesCo-Founder, CTO2023 — 2026
- GitHubSenior Product Manager2021 — 2023
- Elite PrepInstructor2020 — 2022
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2016 — 2019
- U.S. House of RepresentativesLegislative Assistant2015
Skills & more
Research28Statistical Data Analysis6Marketing6Social Media12Creative Writing6Web Development2Event Planning2Product Management1Agile MethodologiesVolunteer Management5Digital Journalism6Strategic Planning14
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Public SpeakingLeadershipTeamworkManagementiOSSwiftPythonJavaMicrosoft OfficeC++Objective-CJavaScript- Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT) — National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
- The Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States (CIPP/US) — IAPP
- CPR & AED — American Heart Association
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Colleagues at Filevine
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mariam Sulakian?
- Mariam Sulakian is a co-founder of Pincites. She previously held product roles at GitHub and engineering positions at Meta.
- Where does Mariam Sulakian work?
- Mariam Sulakian is Co-Founder, CTO of Pincites and VP, Engineering - AI products at Filevine.
- What companies did Mariam Sulakian found?
- Mariam Sulakian founded Pincites.
- Where did Mariam Sulakian go to school?
- Mariam Sulakian studied at Y Combinator (S23); Duke University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); The Harker School.
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