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Michael Seleman

Founder

Founder at shortkit

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedshortkit · YC

About

Michael Seleman worked on infrastructure for YouTube Shorts for six years before founding Shortkit, which develops enterprise short-form video systems.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at shortkitYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Michael went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran shortkit's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Michael can intro founders to shortkit's investors below.

shortkit's investors · 2

Dorm RoomY Combinator

Co-founders at shortkit

NBNeil Bhammar
Neil BhammarCo-Founder

Experience

  1. shortkit (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. YouTubeEngineering @ YouTube2019 — 2025New York, United States
  3. Boston Children's HospitalResearch, Department of Immunology (Genomics Core)2016 — 2018Karp Research Building, Longwood Medical Area

Education

  1. Tufts UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Biochemistry

Skills & more

Computer Science1Technical WritingBiochemistry1Report WritingEgyptian Arabic1Data AnalysisHerokuVMware FusionGenomicsnext-generation sequencing (NGS)Immunology1C
+12 morePythonSwiftHTMLCSSJavaScriptNode.jsAJAXLinux/UnixgitNoSQL DatabasesRESTful API’siOS/Xcode

Languages Arabic · English

From Michael's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Tufts University163

Roger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalMatt GersonInvestor at RevolutionAlex MorganInvestor at Khosla VenturesNiko CiminelliInvestor at Khosla VenturesHal PazInvestor at Khosla VenturesClay BergerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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Shared employers

Also worked at shortkit (YC W26)1

Neil B.Investor at Dorm Room

Also worked at YouTube52

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberEllie HinkenInvestor at Khosla VenturesAyesha AroraVenture Partner at S32Kate MasonVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesDavid StewartVenture Partner at LiveOak VenturesAlessio FanelliPartner at Decibel Partners

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Also worked at Boston Children's Hospital34

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Molly RobertsonOperations Associate at Founder CollectiveNasra MohamedInvestor at Third Rock VenturesMarin LangSenior Associate at .406 VenturesJane SuhPrincipal at AlleyCorpJohn BrownsteinSenior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Flare Capital Partners

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