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Michael Dalva

Founder

Founder at Travo

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedTravo · YC

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.

Travo's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Travo

CCClarence Chen
Clarence ChenCo-founder/CEO
ACAlexander Calafiura
Alexander CalafiuraCo-founder
ASAshwin Sriram
Ashwin SriramCo-founder
TL
Tae LeeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. TravoAIChief Product Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Stanford UniversityResearchercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. International BaccalaureateResearcher2023 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States

Skills & more

Scholarly ResearchEngineeringArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Neural Networks

From Michael's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Dalva?
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.
Where does Michael Dalva work?
Michael Dalva is Founder of Travo.
What companies did Michael Dalva found?
Michael Dalva founded Travo.
Where did Michael Dalva go to school?
Michael Dalva studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator; Granada Hills Charter.

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Shared employers

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