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Obinna Akahara

Founder

Founder at Beacon Health

United States

FoundedBeacon Health · YC

About

Obinna Akahara studied physics at UT Austin and has worked in technology roles including positions at LinkedIn and Conversion.ai.

Founder at Beacon HealthYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Obinna went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Beacon Health's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Obinna can intro founders to Beacon Health's investors below.

Beacon Health's investors · 1

Co-founders at Beacon Health

MPMark Pothen

Experience

  1. Beacon Health (YC W26)Founder, CTOcurrent2025 — present
  2. Kaaya HealthcareTinkering and Learning from PCPs2025
  3. ConversionProduct Engineering2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. sidekic AIFounder2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. LinkedInSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Texas InventionworksSoftware Engineering Lead2020 — 2021Austin, Texas, United States
  7. Texas InventionworksDeveloper, Staff Coordinator2019 — 2020Austin, Texas
  8. LinkedInSoftware Engineer Intern2021San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. The University of Texas at AustinPhysics
  2. Z Fellows
  3. Ampleforth College2015 — 2016
  4. Royal Family AcademyHigh School Diploma2012 — 2015

Skills & more

Generative AIResolving IssuesKnowledge SharingInterpersonal SkillsAnalytical SkillsCommunicationLeadership1Product Engineering1React.js1Python (Programming Language)1Time ManagementMicrosoft Excel
+12 moreTroubleshootingCustomer RequirementsTimelinesNetwork AdministrationRoot CauseInformation TechnologyLarge Language Models (LLM)Software Design PatternsTechnical EngineeringGitSQLCustomer-focused Service

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