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Ryan Prendergast

Founder

Founder at Alpha Research

New York, New York, United States

FoundedAlpha Research · YC

About

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

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Founder at Alpha ResearchYC 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 Alpha Research's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Alpha Research's investors below.

Alpha Research's investors · 1

Y Combinator

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

Education

  1. Y CombinatorP252025
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's degree, Computer Science2018 — 2022
  3. Maine South High School2014 — 2018

Skills & more

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

Languages English

From Ryan'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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia131

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ansuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana Bio +2DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Spill +1Dan KazanBSFounded Rewards Network +1Nimit MaruBSFounded Sava +1Bo LuBachelor's DegreeFounded FutureAdvisor +1Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +1

+ 124 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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign388

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

+ 382 more

Also attended Maine South High School1

Jimmy LeeAdvisor at SemperVirens Venture Capital

Shared employers

Also worked at Bubble6

François DufourFounder Advisor at Decibel PartnersWayne HuPartner at SignalFireWalter KortschakFounder at Firestreak VenturesWalter KortschakFounder & Managing Partner at Kortschak Investments L.P.Jack SwisherFounder at BelugaNajmuzzaman (Nazz) MohammadFounder at Nex

Also worked at Tesla180

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners

+ 174 more

Also worked at Illinois Institute of Technology11

Cindy StewartAdvisor at Siddhi CapitalSheel MohnotCo-Founder and Partner at Better Tomorrow VenturesHenrique UeharaPartner at DGFStacey ChangVenture Partner at SeaX VenturesPraveen MandalAdvisor at Starship VenturesMonika RazdanPlatform & Ops at Dipalo Ventures

+ 5 more