Mitchell Catoen
InvestorFounderPrincipal Engineer at Phantom · 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.
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
Co-founders at Phonic
Experience
- PhantomPrincipal Engineercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PhantomStaff Software Engineer2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- PhonicCo-Founder & CTO (acquired by Infillion)2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Mountainview, California
- HiveMachine Learning Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- YahooSoftware Engineer2017Sunnyvale, California
- NXP SemiconductorsPerception Engineer2016Gatineau, QC
- Taymer International Inc.Computer Vision Engineer2016Markham, Ontario
- MedAvail Technologies Inc.Systems Integration Engineer2015Mississauga
- MilacronControls Engineering Intern2014Georgetown, ON
Skills & more
C++26SolidWorks11Robotics19AutoCAD8Object Oriented Software11Software Development12C14Embedded Systems7Machine Learning6Python3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mitchell Catoen?
- Mitchell Catoen previously worked at Google before founding Phonic, a company focused on AI and trading systems, and later joined Phantom.
- Where does Mitchell Catoen work?
- Mitchell Catoen is Founder of Phonic and Principal Engineer at Phantom.
- What companies did Mitchell Catoen found?
- Mitchell Catoen founded Phonic.
- Where did Mitchell Catoen go to school?
- Mitchell Catoen studied at Y Combinator (Winter Batch (2020)); University of Waterloo (Bachelor's Degree, Mechatronics).
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