About
Oliver Wendell-Braly is the founder and CEO of Clarus, which provides AI-powered workflow agents for private market allocators.
Founder/CEO at ClarusYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Oliver went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Clarus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Oliver can intro founders to Clarus's investors below.
Clarus's investors · 1
Experience
- ZealotCOOcurrent2026 — present
- fixaCo-Founder2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- PlayProduct Engineer2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- Scale AISoftware Engineer2023 — 2024New York, United States
Education
- Y CombinatorF24
- University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's degree
- University of Massachusetts Amhersttransferred
- Hawthorne Valley SchoolHigh School Diploma
Skills & more
Public Speaking7Solidity (Programming Language)2Solidity2React Native7iOS Development6Node.js5Express.js5TypeScript5PostgreSQL5JavaScript5Data Analysis6Start-ups3
From Oliver's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
University of Southern California mafia108
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jinal JhaveriMaster of Science (M.S.)Founded SchoolMint +1Kent WakefordJuris Doctorate (J.D.)Founded Form Bio +1Jonathan FriedmanPost-Doctoral ResearcherFounded Assembly +1Kyle MichelsonPolitical ScienceFounded Getlabs +1Mike MahlkowFounded Fastgen +1David NordhausenBusiness Administration and ManagementFounded Fastgen +1
+ 101 more
Scale AI mafia42
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Arnav SahuInvestorFounded WolfiaLan XuezhaoAngel investorFounded Basis SetFederico MirásSoftware EngineerFounded PluggyFree WortleyHead of Security/ArchitectureFounded LunaSecNipun KantProductFounded HavenBen ScharfsteinHead of Product, EnterpriseFounded Rume
+ 35 more
University of Massachusetts Amherst mafia18
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan BercovichBSFounded Unwrap +1Kumar GanapathyMaster of Science (MS)Founded AkridataAbilash MenonMaster of Electrical and Computer EngineeringFounded MaiaEdgeTim GriffinBAFounded CraftworkJon RoskillBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded AcumaticaMukund GoenkaMSFounded Regology
+ 11 more
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
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Southern California470
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft
+ 464 more
Also attended University of Massachusetts Amherst94
Larry BohnInvestment Team at General CatalystQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersJason MorrisVice President, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesRobert SeveroPartner, Chief Compliance Officer at Sapphire VenturesJonathan BavaroAccounting Manager at Founder Collective
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Shared employers
Also worked at Zealot1
Also worked at Play7
Steve JangManaging Partner at Kindred VenturesChris McCannGeneral Partner at Race CapitalNoah LeshanInvestor at Entrepreneur Firststu griffithsInvestor at NFXhammad SyedFounder at PlayAIHuzaifa AhmadFounder at Parameter (fka Hex Security)
+ 1 more
Also worked at Scale AI70
Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalWill ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalAravind BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 64 more