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Ryan Johnston
FounderCTO at Waypoint Transit
New York City Metropolitan Area
FoundedWaypoint Transit · YC
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About
Ryan Johnston is the co-founder and CTO of Waypoint Transit, which grew from a real-time transit signage project he developed. He previously worked on chip design synthesis CAD tools at Apple and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
CTO at Waypoint TransitYC W25
Intro paths
Ryan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Waypoint Transit's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Waypoint Transit's investors below.
Waypoint Transit's investors · 4
Co-founders at Waypoint Transit
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ryan Johnston?
- Ryan Johnston is the co-founder and CTO of Waypoint Transit, which grew from a real-time transit signage project he developed. He previously worked on chip design synthesis CAD tools at Apple and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
- Where does Ryan Johnston work?
- Ryan Johnston is CTO of Waypoint Transit.
- What companies did Ryan Johnston found?
- Ryan Johnston founded Waypoint Transit.
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