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Nathan Kontny

Founder

Founder at Draft · Founder/CTO at Inkling

Greater Chicago Area

FoundedDraft · YCInkling · YC

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10,158 people in our graph share verified history with Nathan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Nathan Kontny is the founder of AlliHat and a founding engineer at Census, where he contributed to product development as the company progressed from Seed to Series B funding. He previously served as CEO of Highrise, a CRM tool, and built the AI-powered productivity app Tres Cosas. His technical work includes development in Ruby, JavaScript, React Native, and Rails, and he is a Y Combinator alumnus.

Founder at DraftYC S11

Intro paths

YC

Nathan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Nathan can intro founders to Draft's investors below.

Founder/CTO at InklingYC W06

Intro paths

YC

Nathan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2006) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Nathan can intro founders to Inkling's investors below.

Co-founders at Inkling

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Adam SiegelFounder/CEO

Experience

  1. AlliHatFoundercurrent2026 — present
  2. FivetranSenior Staff Software Engineercurrent2025 — present
  3. CensusFounding Engineercurrent2020 — present
  4. Tres CosasFoundercurrent2024 — present
  5. Ninjas and RobotsFoundercurrent2019 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  6. CityposhFounder2011 — 2022
  7. Rockstar CodersCTO/CMO2018 — 2020
  8. Highrise HQCEO2014 — 2018
  9. Inkling Inc.Founder/CTO2006 — 2012

Skills & more

Data Build Tool (DBT)1Startup DevelopmentPrediction MarketsPerformance TuningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Back-End Web DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentTypeScriptiOS DevelopmentiOS DesignMobile Application DesignWeb Development2
+12 moreStart-upsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Business DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentDuckdbEntity ResolutionOpen-Source SoftwareEnterprise SoftwareRuby on RailsVue.jsReact NativeReact.js

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nathan Kontny?
Nathan Kontny is the founder of AlliHat and a founding engineer at Census, where he contributed to product development as the company progressed from Seed to Series B funding. He previously served as CEO of Highrise, a CRM tool, and built the AI-powered productivity app Tres Cosas. His technical work includes development in Ruby, JavaScript, React Native, and Rails, and he is a Y Combinator alumnus.
Where does Nathan Kontny work?
Nathan Kontny is Founder of Draft and Founder/CTO at Inkling.
What companies did Nathan Kontny found?
Nathan Kontny founded Draft, Inkling.
Where did Nathan Kontny go to school?
Nathan Kontny studied at Y Combinator (S11); Y Combinator (W06); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelors, Chemical Engineering).

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