About
Michael Lin is a co-founder at Variance, where he works on AI agents for investigations and fraud reviews.
Founder at VarianceYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Michael 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 Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Variance's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Michael can intro founders to Variance's investors below.
Variance's investors · 6
645 VenturesNew York · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019Okta VenturesSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks · since 2019RRE LeadersNew York · since 2019Ten ElevenBurlingame · $3M – $15M checks · since 2019Urban InnovationSan Francisco · $500K – $3.5M checks · since 2019Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at Variance
KM
Karine MellataFounder
JG
James GrossExecutive Officer, Director
NB
Noah BrierExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- VarianceCTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- DiscordMachine Learning Engineer2022 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- AppleMachine Learning Engineer (Fraud Engineering Algorithms & Risk)2019 — 2022Cupertino, California
- AppleData Scientist2018San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
ScalaResearch3Data Analysis3Distributed Systems4Machine LearningData Warehouse ArchitectureApache SparkData ScienceFraud Prevention
From Michael's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Lin?
- Michael Lin is a co-founder at Variance, where he works on AI agents for investigations and fraud reviews.
- Where does Michael Lin work?
- Michael Lin is Founder of Variance.
- What companies did Michael Lin found?
- Michael Lin founded Variance.
- Where did Michael Lin go to school?
- Michael Lin studied at Y Combinator; Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science).
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Georgia Institute of Technology mafia180
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Discord mafia4
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Same school
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Variance5
Also worked at Discord20
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockJason CitronCo-founder of DiscordNiko BonatsosVerdict Capital founder and pre-consensus investor formerly at General CatalystWill ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalAlex LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Apple489
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