About
Michael Dalva is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Travo. He studied computer science and artificial intelligence at Stanford, researched hardware-fault resilience in machine learning pipelines, and previously worked on satellite software.
Founder at TravoYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Michael went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Travo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Michael can intro founders to Travo's investors below.
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Co-founders at Travo
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Clarence ChenCo-founder/CEO
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Alexander CalafiuraCo-founder
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Ashwin SriramCo-founder
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Tae LeeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Experience
- TravoAIChief Product Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Stanford UniversityResearchercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- International BaccalaureateResearcher2023 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
Education
- Stanford UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science2024 — 2028
- Y Combinator
- Granada Hills Charter2020 — 2024
Skills & more
Scholarly ResearchEngineeringArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Neural Networks
From Michael'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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Also attended Granada Hills Charter2
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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