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Michael Silver

InvestorFounder

CEO at Kaizen

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKaizen · YC

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Michael Silver was the first engineer and head of infrastructure at Gather, where he helped scale the company through Series B funding. He previously worked as an early engineer at Jamsocket (acquired by Modal), and held engineering roles at SingleStore, Meta's distributed systems team, and Apple's Siri division, alongside research experience at MIT's Computer Science and AI Lab. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from MIT.

CEO at KaizenYC X25

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YC

Michael went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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

Kaizen's investors · 9

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2025Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025Carpenter CapitalBoise · since 2025Innovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checksLiquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2025Seven Seven SixPalm Beach Gardens · $500K – $5M checksTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Kaizen

KAKenneth Acquah
Kenneth AcquahCTO
KS
KJ ShahFounder
NRNikhil Reddy
Nikhil ReddyFounder

Investments

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Silver?
Michael Silver was the first engineer and head of infrastructure at Gather, where he helped scale the company through Series B funding. He previously worked as an early engineer at Jamsocket (acquired by Modal), and held engineering roles at SingleStore, Meta's distributed systems team, and Apple's Siri division, alongside research experience at MIT's Computer Science and AI Lab. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from MIT.
Where does Michael Silver work?
Michael Silver is CEO of Kaizen.
What companies did Michael Silver found?
Michael Silver founded Kaizen.
What companies has Michael Silver invested in?
Investments tracked here include Paper Instruments, Refresh.

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