Where does Max Pollard work?

Max Pollard is Founder of Cotool.

Where did Max Pollard go to school?

Max Pollard studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, BA, Business Administration, Computer Science).

Max Pollard

Founder

Founder at Cotool

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCotool · YC

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Max Pollard is building security automation software to reduce manual work for security teams.

Founder at Cotool YC X25

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Max went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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Cotool's investors · 4

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026 HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checks WndrCoRedwood City · $100K – $10M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Cotool

Logan CarmodyFounder

Eddie ConkFounder

Experience

CotoolCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Material SecurityDirector, Forward Deployed Engineering2024 — 2025
Material SecuritySenior Manager, Security Architecture2022 — 2024
Material SecuritySecurity Architect2020 — 2022
Okta, Inc.Solutions Engineer2019 — 2020
CorePower YogaYoga Instructor2019San Francisco Bay Area
Gelber Group LLCAlgorithmic Trader2016 — 2019Greater Chicago Area

Skills & more

Identity & Access Management (IAM)10APIs10Data Analysis11Social Media8Security6Finance2Event Planning2Pre-sales4Consulting3Linux5Java9Python4

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Yoga Instructor Certification - Level I — Yoga Alliance

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Max Pollard?: Max Pollard is building security automation software to reduce manual work for security teams.
Where does Max Pollard work?: Max Pollard is Founder of Cotool.
What companies did Max Pollard found?: Max Pollard founded Cotool.
Where did Max Pollard go to school?: Max Pollard studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, BA, Business Administration, Computer Science).