Michael Seleman
FounderFounder 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.
Founder at shortkitYC W26
Intro paths
Michael went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran shortkit's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Michael can intro founders to shortkit's investors below.
shortkit's investors · 2
Co-founders at shortkit
Experience
- shortkit (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- YouTubeEngineering @ YouTube2019 — 2025New York, United States
- Boston Children's HospitalResearch, Department of Immunology (Genomics Core)2016 — 2018Karp Research Building, Longwood Medical Area
Skills & more
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PythonSwiftHTMLCSSJavaScriptNode.jsAJAXLinux/UnixgitNoSQL DatabasesRESTful API’siOS/XcodeLanguages Arabic · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Seleman?
- Michael Seleman worked on infrastructure for YouTube Shorts for six years before founding Shortkit, which develops enterprise short-form video systems.
- Where does Michael Seleman work?
- Michael Seleman is Founder of shortkit.
- What companies did Michael Seleman found?
- Michael Seleman founded shortkit.
- Where did Michael Seleman go to school?
- Michael Seleman studied at Tufts University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Biochemistry).
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Also worked at shortkit (YC W26)1
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