Michael Malis
FounderFounder at Freshpaint
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedFreshpaint · YC
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About
Michael Malis joined Heap after graduating high school in 2015, where he worked on scaling their Postgres database infrastructure and eventually led the database team. He has experience with large-scale database optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
Founder at FreshpaintYC S19
Intro paths
Michael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Freshpaint's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Michael can intro founders to Freshpaint's investors below.
Freshpaint's investors · 6
Co-founders at Freshpaint
Experience
- pgrustFoundercurrent2026 — present
- FreshpaintFounder2019 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- HeapSoftware Engineer2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSoftware Engineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Malis?
- Michael Malis joined Heap after graduating high school in 2015, where he worked on scaling their Postgres database infrastructure and eventually led the database team. He has experience with large-scale database optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
- Where does Michael Malis work?
- Michael Malis is Founder of Freshpaint.
- What companies did Michael Malis found?
- Michael Malis founded Freshpaint.
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