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.
GP
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
Skills & more
Public Speaking7Solidity (Programming Language)2Solidity2React Native7iOS Development6Node.js5Express.js5TypeScript5PostgreSQL5JavaScript5Data Analysis6Start-ups3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Oliver Wendell-Braly?
- Oliver Wendell-Braly is the founder and CEO of Clarus, which provides AI-powered workflow agents for private market allocators.
- Where does Oliver Wendell-Braly work?
- Oliver Wendell-Braly is Founder/CEO of Clarus.
- What companies did Oliver Wendell-Braly found?
- Oliver Wendell-Braly founded Clarus.
- Where did Oliver Wendell-Braly go to school?
- Oliver Wendell-Braly studied at Y Combinator (F24); University of Southern California (Bachelor's degree); University of Massachusetts Amherst (transferred).
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University of Southern California mafia137
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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)
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Also worked at Scale AI81
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