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Mitchell Catoen

Founder

Founder at Phonic

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPhonic · YC

About

Mitchell Catoen previously worked at Google before founding Phonic, a company focused on AI and trading systems, and later joined Phantom.

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mitch @0xmcat

I like this guy https://t.co/zyOJm1RQLA

Jul 25, 2026 · ♥ 8

mitch @0xmcat

Claude giving you a 1.5 day estimate then one-shotting the task is the engineering mindset we should all aspire to.

Jun 16, 2026 · ♥ 3

mitch @0xmcat

The amount of narrative work being done to make retail comfortable buying this is incredible. A 97x multiple on revenue should be met with extreme skepticism whether or not you plan to put datacenters in space https://t.co/tXgPx9jxaG

Jun 4, 2026

Founder at PhonicYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Mitchell went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Mitchell can intro founders to Phonic's investors below.

Phonic's investors · 3

Lux CapitalTola CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Phonic

DFDavid Ferris
David FerrisFounder
MNMoin Nadeem
Moin Nadeem
NMNikhil Murthy
Nikhil Murthy

Experience

  1. PhantomPrincipal Engineercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. PhantomStaff Software Engineer2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. PhonicCo-Founder & CTO (acquired by Infillion)2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Mountainview, California
  5. HiveMachine Learning Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. UberSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. YahooSoftware Engineer2017Sunnyvale, California
  8. NXP SemiconductorsPerception Engineer2016Gatineau, QC
  9. Taymer International Inc.Computer Vision Engineer2016Markham, Ontario
  10. MedAvail Technologies Inc.Systems Integration Engineer2015Mississauga
  11. MilacronControls Engineering Intern2014Georgetown, ON

Education

  1. Y CombinatorWinter Batch (2020)2020
  2. University of WaterlooBachelor's Degree, Mechatronics2014 — 2019

Skills & more

C++26SolidWorks11Robotics19AutoCAD8Object Oriented Software11Software Development12C14Embedded Systems7Machine Learning6Python3

From Mitchell's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

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University of Waterloo mafia183

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Oleg KostourHonours Bachelor of Architectural StudiesFounded AtlasGrid +1Anton KrutianskyBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded AtlasGrid +1Eric MigicovskyBachelor of EngineeringFounded Beeper +1Kevin LiengineeringFounded jo +1Eric BlondeelBAScFounded Samos Insurance +1Mike MillerFounded Epoch +1

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Uber mafia147

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Bastien BeurierSoftware EngineerFounded Lantern +1Mike MahlkowOperations and Business DevelopmentFounded Fastgen +1Charlie CorreaSenior Operations ManagerFounded Luable +1Khalid AshmawySenior Tech Lead ManagerFounded Munify +1Edgar PavlovskyData ScienceFounded MRGN +1Ali KashaniHead of Serve RoboticsFounded Serve Robotics

+ 140 more

Phantom mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Olly WilsonProductFounded SimpleHashAlex KilkkaSoftware EngineerFounded SimpleHash

Phantom mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Olly WilsonProductFounded SimpleHashAlex KilkkaSoftware EngineerFounded SimpleHash

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

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Also attended University of Waterloo343

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 337 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Google1,533

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,527 more

Also worked at Hive8

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystRoanak BaviskarFounder at TrainyAndrew AikawaFounder at TrainyTalha BaigFounder at SaatvySamuel BrashearsFounder at DryMergeDave FeldmanFounder at Greenboard

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Also worked at Uber366

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures

+ 360 more

Also worked at Yahoo284

Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures

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