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About
Neil Chen is a software engineer who spent six years in various roles at Meta, followed by a position supporting full-stack engineering at TikTok where he contributed to the Creator Marketplace. He is now building Nimbus remotely from the United States.
Founder at PonyrunYC W22
Intro paths
Neil went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ponyrun's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Neil can intro founders to Ponyrun's investors below.
Ponyrun's investors · 5
Co-founders at Ponyrun
Experience
- Ponyrun (YC W22; formerly Nimbus)Co-Founder, CTO2022 — 2025
- TikTokSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2015 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2014Mountain View, California
- eBay IncSoftware Engineer Intern2013Greater Seattle Area
Skills & more
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CSSNode.jsHTMLMongoDBPascalHaskellRacketSoftware EngineeringLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Neil Chen?
- Neil Chen is a software engineer who spent six years in various roles at Meta, followed by a position supporting full-stack engineering at TikTok where he contributed to the Creator Marketplace. He is now building Nimbus remotely from the United States.
- Where does Neil Chen work?
- Neil Chen is Founder of Ponyrun.
- What companies did Neil Chen found?
- Neil Chen founded Ponyrun.
- Where did Neil Chen go to school?
- Neil Chen studied at Y Combinator (W22); University of Washington (Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,563
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Same school
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Also worked at TikTok51
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