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Marty Kausas

Founder

Founder at Pylon

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPylon · YC

30 Under 30 2026 · AI

About

Marty Kausas is co-founder and CEO of Pylon. He began programming in middle school, developed software skills through high school robotics, and gained product-building experience via collegiate hackathons.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at PylonYC W23

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pylon's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Marty can intro founders to Pylon's investors below.

Co-founders at Pylon

RERobert Eng
Robert EngFounder

Experience

  1. PylonCustomer Support, also Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Andreessen HorowitzAngel Investorcurrent2024 — present
  3. AirbnbSoftware Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Clipboard HealthSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersEngineering Fellow2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Purdue HackersPresident2015 — 2017West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  7. BoilerMakeHackathon Organizer2015 — 2017West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  8. Purdue UniversityUndergraduate Lecturer CS 190: Tools and Resources2016West Lafayette, IN
  9. Purdue UniversityUndergraduate Lecturer CS 490: iOS Development in Swift2016
  10. YelpSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area
  11. QualcommSoftware Engineering Intern2015San Diego County, California, United States
  12. UC San DiegoResearcher2012 — 2013San Diego County, California, United States
  13. Jacob Tyler Brand + Digital AgencyWeb Developer2012

Skills & more

Customer Success3Customer Support2ZendeskProgramming18iOS Development4Gainsight4Salesforce Service Cloud3Java33C++23JavaScript15Github9HTML14
+3 moreGitCSSArduino

Languages Chinese · English · Lithuanian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Marty Kausas?
Marty Kausas is co-founder and CEO of Pylon. He began programming in middle school, developed software skills through high school robotics, and gained product-building experience via collegiate hackathons.
Where does Marty Kausas work?
Marty Kausas is Founder of Pylon.
What companies did Marty Kausas found?
Marty Kausas founded Pylon.
Where did Marty Kausas go to school?
Marty Kausas studied at Y Combinator; Purdue University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); National University of Singapore (Bachelors of Science, Computer Science).

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Y Combinator mafia8,773

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National University of Singapore mafia88

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Purdue University mafia79

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Airbnb mafia65

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