About
Mariam Sulakian is a co-founder of Pincites. She previously held product roles at GitHub and engineering positions at Meta.
Mariam Sulakian @mariamsulakian
If you're exploring ideas for a startup, you cannot skip the customer discovery step. I've seen so many founders build a product first then try to find buyers. Find (don't assume) the problem. Talk to people. It's the hardest part but also the most critical.
Jul 29, 2026 · ♥ 3
Mariam Sulakian @mariamsulakian
Wildfires in France, Spain, Italy, Canada, Oregon, Hawaii. All in the same weekend. This is not normal. https://t.co/zf4kFxlqvt
Jul 26, 2026 · ♥ 1
Mariam Sulakian @mariamsulakian
How do typos in emails still exist? ...beyond the ones where you're trying to convince people you're a real person and not AI (which, regardless I still hate?)
Jun 4, 2026 · ♥ 1
Co-Founder, CTO at PincitesYC S23
Intro paths
Mariam went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pincites's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Mariam can intro founders to Pincites's investors below.
Pincites's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pincites
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
Education
- Y CombinatorS23
- Duke UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science
- The Harker School
- UCLComputer Science Affiliate
Skills & more
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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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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pincites2
Also worked at GitHub17
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Also worked at Facebook322
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Also worked at U.S. House of Representatives91
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