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Michael Trehan

Founder

Founder at HABIT

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

FoundedHABIT · YC

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654 people in our graph share verified history with Michael — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Niki PezeshkiunlockedMichael: together at Radiant (2024–2025)

×2Michael: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

×5Michael: together at Intel Corporation

×2Michael: together at University of California, Berkeley

About

Michael Trehan worked as a software engineer at Radiant Nuclear and in investment banking at JP Morgan, and holds a Master of Engineering and Technology degree from UC Berkeley. He is now building HABIT.

Founder at HABIT YC X25

Intro paths

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 HABIT's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

HABIT's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at HABIT

HP

Harish Palani

Harish PalaniFounder

Experience

HABITCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentEl Segundo, California, United States
RadiantSenior Software Engineer2024 — 2025Los Angeles, CA
RadiantSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024Los Angeles, CA
J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2020San Francisco, California, United States
Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSoftware Project Management Intern2019San Francisco, California, United States
Intel CorporationSoftware Engineering Intern2018Folsom, CA

Skills & more

Investment BankingJava Certified ProgrammerFinancial ModelingProject ManagementSpreadsheetsAmazon EC2Scaled Agile FrameworkDCFComparable AnalysisC#PythonRuby

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Microsoft OfficeJavaHTML5JavaScriptMicrosoft ExcelThinkScript (finance)

Series 79 (Investment Banking Representative) — FINRA
Series 63 (Uniform Securities Agent) — FINRA
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer — Oracle

From Michael's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Trehan?: Michael Trehan worked as a software engineer at Radiant Nuclear and in investment banking at JP Morgan, and holds a Master of Engineering and Technology degree from UC Berkeley. He is now building HABIT.
Where does Michael Trehan work?: Michael Trehan is Founder of HABIT.
What companies did Michael Trehan found?: Michael Trehan founded HABIT.
Where did Michael Trehan go to school?: Michael Trehan studied at University of California, Berkeley (Dual-degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; B.S.); UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program (M.E.T., EECS + Business); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (B.S., Business Administration).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia265

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Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2 Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2 Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1 Raj Shekhar SinghManagement of TechnologyFounded Z21 +1 Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1 Kevin ChouBachelor of Science - BSFounded Superlayer +1

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Intel Corporation mafia195

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UC Berkeley College of Engineering mafia54

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Harvard Extension School mafia20

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

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Also attended UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program13

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business982

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Also attended UC Berkeley College of Engineering81

Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Alejandro GomezInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alpin YukselogluPartner, Investing & Research at Paradigm Divyansh SaksenaAnalyst at Congruent Ventures Edward YangSenior Associate at Prelude Ventures Lan WuAnalyst at Fusion

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Shared employers

Also worked at HABIT1

Harish PalaniFounder at HABIT

Also worked at Radiant7

Niki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Andy TangPartner at Draper Associates Christina O'ConorPartner at Congruent Ventures Rachel SlaybaughGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Nate BeattyFounder at Irisvr Niki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis Associates

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Also worked at J.P. Morgan1,385

Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Naseem MoumeneVice President at Northzone, investing across complex and fragmented industries undergoing fundamental shifts Franklin BiGeneral Partner at Pantera Capital Megan LightcapPartner, Creator Fund at Slow Ventures

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Also worked at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco20

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