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Ryan Prendergast

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Founder/CEO at Method

New York, New York, United States

FoundedMethod · YC

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About

Founder of Alpha Research, which develops open source knowledge bases using AI agents to search and analyze large document collections.

Founder/CEO at MethodYC X25

Intro paths

YC

Ryan went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Method's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Method's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Experience

  1. Alpha ResearchFoundercurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Alpha ResearchCo-Founder of Dolphin2025 — 2026New York, United States
  3. Alpha ResearchCo-Founder of Zenobia Pay2025New York, New York, United States
  4. BubbleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2025New York, United States
  5. CamUXCo-Founder2020 — 2021Champaign, Illinois, United States
  6. TeslaVehicle Software Intern2021
  7. Hack Ridge, IncCo-Founder2016 — 2018
  8. Illinois Institute of TechnologySCC Intern2017

Skills & more

JavaScript1Node.js1Swift (Programming Language)1Python (Programming Language)3Java3C++4HaskellData Visualization1Leadership2Web DesignGNU/Linux2Kingmaking4

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ryan Prendergast?
Founder of Alpha Research, which develops open source knowledge bases using AI agents to search and analyze large document collections.
Where does Ryan Prendergast work?
Ryan Prendergast is Founder/CEO of Method.
What companies did Ryan Prendergast found?
Ryan Prendergast founded Method.
Where did Ryan Prendergast go to school?
Ryan Prendergast studied at Y Combinator (P25); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Maine South High School.

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