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Richard Girges

Founder

Founder/CTO at WorkClout

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

FoundedWorkClout Β· YC

About

Richard Girges has held technical leadership positions, including CTO at MNTN and prior work at WorkClout.

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Richard Girges @richardgirges

Launched QuickFrame AI v3 last week! Create HiFi TV commercials or social videos with ease. https://t.co/r2ZyAGTgP2

May 11, 2026

Richard Girges @richardgirges

MNTN’s IPO day is here! https://t.co/Z0pkUzIbFW

May 22, 2025

Richard Girges @richardgirges

Calling the California Franchise Tax Board makes me want to jump off a 40-story building. Their customer service line starts with a literal two-minute intro before you're presented with menu options. Mfs are really owning the whole government agency persona.

May 9, 2025 Β· β™₯ 8 Β· ⇄ 3

Founder/CTO at WorkCloutYC W19

Intro paths

YC

Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Richard can intro founders to WorkClout's investors below.

WorkClout's investors Β· 4

MAGIC FundOyster VenturesSpider CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at WorkClout

APArjun Patel
Arjun PatelFounder/CEO
BTBryan Trang
Bryan TrangFounder

Experience

  1. MNTNChief Technology Officercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. MNTNSenior Vice President, Engineering2024 β€” 2025
  3. MNTNVice President, Engineering2022 β€” 2024
  4. Ex Machina VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2022 β€” present
  5. WorkClout (YC W19)Director, Engineering - Luxury Presence2022
  6. WorkClout (YC W19)Co-founder & CTO2019 β€” 2022Greater Los Angeles Area
  7. Luxury PresenceDirector, Engineering2018Santa Monica, California, United States
  8. SteelHouseSoftware Engineering Manager2015 β€” 2018Culver City, California, United States
  9. Mobile RoadieLead Software Engineer2014 β€” 2015Beverly Hills, California, United States
  10. WEVRLead Software Engineer2011 β€” 2014Venice, California
  11. Script PipelineSenior Software Engineer2010 β€” 2011Hollywood, California
  12. 211 LA COUNTYSoftware Developer2005 β€” 2010San Gabriel, California, United States

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW192019
  2. Thomas Edison State UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science

Skills & more

Leadership19Start-ups17Technical Architecture15Software Project Management5Change Management5Team Building5Team Leadership3Web Development73Node.js21JavaScript59MySQL63Unity3D6
+12 morePHPGitHTML 5LinuxCSSE-commercePythonSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Open SourceRubyTomcat

Languages English

From Richard's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Thomas Edison State University3

Ganesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersSteve KingHead of IT at Ufi VocTech TrustMichael TantGeneral Partner at CitizenX Crypto Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at WorkClout (YC W19)1

Arjun PatelManaging Partner at Ex Machina Ventures

Also worked at Luxury Presence5

Hansae CatlettGeneral Partner at The MBA FundPaul ArnoldFounder and Partner at Switch VenturesSam BondyInvestor at Bessemer Venture PartnersArjun PatelManaging Partner at Ex Machina VenturesAlex BrockmanOperating Advisor, Finance and Accounting at Workshop Venture Partners