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Ryan Samadi

Founder

Founder at Alt-X

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAlt-X Β· YC

About

Ryan Samadi studied Computer Science at Stanford with a focus on AI and led a hedge-fund investing program there. He previously worked at Citadel's commodities fund and is now Co-Founder and CEO of Alt-X, which develops AI infrastructure for financial services.

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Ryan Samadi @samadiryan

But he’ll prob raise a new fund in no time

Jul 30, 2026

Ryan Samadi @samadiryan

Aschenbrenner got bought out today, big difference between creativity and leverage

Jul 30, 2026

Ryan Samadi @samadiryan

LinkedIn is filled with so much slop it’s become a useless app

Jul 25, 2026 Β· β™₯ 9

Founder at Alt-XYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Ryan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Alt-X's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Alt-X's investors below.

Alt-X's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Alt-X

MWMichael Wachsman
Michael WachsmanFounder

Experience

  1. Alt-XCEOcurrent2025 β€” present
  2. CitadelCommodities2025
  3. StealthCo-Founder2025
  4. Kudla FundCIO2020 β€” 2025
  5. Stealthqt2024
  6. CitadelData Science- L/S Equities2023New York, United States
  7. Bank of America Merrill LynchTrading2022New York, New York, United States
  8. Stanford Health CareProject Manager (Healthcare Consulting)2021 β€” 2022Stanford, California, United States
  9. The Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityResearch Fellow2021 β€” 2022Stanford, California, United States
  10. U.S. House of RepresentativesIntern2021
  11. Cayley Investment ManagementSoftware Development Engineering Intern2019 β€” 2020Great Neck, NY

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityComputer Science2019 β€” 2023
  2. West Ranch High SchoolHigh School Diploma, Computer Science2016 β€” 2019
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEntrepreneurial Studies2018
  4. Y Combinator

Skills & more

Machine Learning2Financial Analysis2Project Management4Entrepreneurship2Corporate Finance2Quantitative Analytics2Mathematics2Investment Banking1SQLPandas (Software)2Python (Programming Language)Java2
+6 moreMicrosoft ExcelPublic SpeakingManagementAnalytical SkillsLeadershipTeamwork

From Ryan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,739

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,733 more

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology983

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 977 more

Also attended Y Combinator1,466

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

+ 1,460 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Citadel37

Robert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersPrincipal – Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementDavid SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesEvan FengPartner at CoinFundJohn GuCo-Founder and CEO at CaladanEvan AxelrodSenior Associate at Maccabee Ventures

+ 31 more

Also worked at Kudla Fund2

Hiya ShahAssociate at Commerce VenturesAmay AggarwalFounder at Anglera

Also worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch199

Dan BartusPartner, Head of Research at Felicis VenturesCyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesMatt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaKatrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture Partners

+ 193 more

Also worked at Stanford Health Care27

Lana DevlikamovaLegal Operations Manager at CapitalGKarlInvestor at TFX CapitalKunal SethyEntrepreneur in Residence, Sparrow Healthcare at Red Cell IncubationTracy GeorgeInvestor at EPIC VENTURESMaia HightowerInvestor at EPIC VENTURESEric YablonkaDigital Health Advisor at Excelerate Health Ventures

+ 21 more