Max Minsker
FounderFounder at Cranston AI
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCranston AI · YC
About
Max Minsker is co-founder of Cranston AI. He previously owned a tax practice that processed thousands of individual returns.
Max Minsker @maxminsker
Meta has maybe 2 quarters to prove AI capex is working. Google can point to Cloud. Microsoft can point to Azure. Amazon can point to AWS. Meta has no obvious AI revenue line to justify this level of spend. They will need to move faster than ever while cutting as much around the https://t.co/pBpwhFpUrb
Apr 30, 2026 · ♥ 6
Max Minsker @maxminsker
5.5 was post-trained on Blackwell GPUs, but we’re yet to see a model pre-trained on GB200s. 5.5 is still a Hopper pre-trained model per @SemiAnalysis_ https://t.co/O6ny0mGrDU
Apr 28, 2026 · ♥ 2
Max Minsker @maxminsker
Finally getting around to reading the most recent @SemiAnalysis_ piece. GPT-5.5 is the first OpenAI model they’re using over Opus for some tasks https://t.co/zMa9tnYTxS
Apr 28, 2026 · ♥ 5
Founder at Cranston AIYC F25
Intro paths
Max went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — 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 Cranston AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Max can intro founders to Cranston AI's investors below.
Cranston AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at Cranston AI
Experience
- Cranston AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BookmateChairman2025
- BookmateFounder2021 — 2025Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Starlight Financial (YC S20)COO2019 — 2021
- Minnesota TimberwolvesHead of TWolves Gaming2017 — 2019Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Education
- University of MinnesotaBachelor’s Degree, Accounting and Finance2013 — 2017
Skills & more
Languages English
- Series 63 — FINRA
- Series 6 — FINRA
From Max's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Minnesota90
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