About
Michael Royzen co-founded Phind, an AI search engine, and trained language models for coding tasks. He has worked as an ML engineer at Lyft, Cloudflare, and Microsoft, and holds a computer science degree from UT Austin.
Founder at Standard SignalYC X26
Intro paths
Michael went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — 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 Standard Signal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Michael can intro founders to Standard Signal's investors below.
Standard Signal's investors · 1
Founder at PhindYC S22
Intro paths
Michael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Michael can intro founders to Phind's investors below.
Phind's investors · 3
Co-founders at Phind
Experience
- Standard SignalFounder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentNew York, NY
- phind.comCo-founder & CEO2022 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- The University of Texas at AustinNLP Researcher2021 — 2022Austin, Texas, United States
- LyftMachine Learning Software Engineering Intern2021
- SmartLensFounder & CEO2017 — 2020Austin, TX
- Cloudflare, Inc.Systems Engineering Intern2019Austin, Texas Area
- MicrosoftResearch Intern2017Redmond, WA
Skills & more
Languages English · Russian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Royzen?
- Michael Royzen co-founded Phind, an AI search engine, and trained language models for coding tasks. He has worked as an ML engineer at Lyft, Cloudflare, and Microsoft, and holds a computer science degree from UT Austin.
- Where does Michael Royzen work?
- Michael Royzen is Founder of Phind and Founder at Standard Signal.
- What companies did Michael Royzen found?
- Michael Royzen founded Phind, Standard Signal.
- Where did Michael Royzen go to school?
- Michael Royzen studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science Honors); The Bush School.
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