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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.
CEO 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 · 8
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 · 5
Co-founders at Phind
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 CEO at Standard Signal.
- What companies did Michael Royzen found?
- Michael Royzen founded Phind, Standard Signal.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Microsoft mafia1,488
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The University of Texas at Austin mafia436
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Lyft mafia100
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Cloudflare, Inc. mafia15
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