About
Marinos Eliades studied computer science and mechanical engineering at Stanford University. He previously worked as an engineer at Gander, a fleet-management platform for private aviation, and co-founded Loophole, an AI-powered employee onboarding platform.
Founder at PrizedYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Marinos went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Prized's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Marinos can intro founders to Prized's investors below.
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Co-founders at Prized
HG
Hudson GriffithFounder
Experience
- PrizedCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant2024 — 2026Stanford, CA
- GanderEngineer2025New York, United States
- HKPC - Hong Kong Productivity CouncilMechanical Engineering Intern2024Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
- Stanford ASESBootcamp Fellow2023 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- National Guard of CyprusLance Corporal2022 — 2023
Education
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
- Y Combinator2026
Skills & more
DynamicsC++PythonFluid MechanicsThermodynamicsData StructuresDifferential EquationsMultivariable CalculusProgramming AbstractionsStaticsComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)
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Hydrogen Fuel CellsEquipment DesignLarge Language Models (LLM)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Languages English · Greek
From Marinos's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,726
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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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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Shared employers
Also worked at Stanford University458
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures
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