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About
Ryan Xie is a co-founder at Blocksfabrik who previously held team leadership roles at Facebook focused on growth strategy and at Palantir across search, pharmaceuticals, and user research functions.
COO at Origami RoboticsYC W26
Intro paths
Ryan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Origami Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Origami Robotics's investors below.
Origami Robotics's investors · 15
Co-founders at Origami Robotics

Founder at DesignbaseYC W23
Intro paths
Ryan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Designbase's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Designbase's investors below.
Designbase's investors · 10
Co-founders at Designbase

Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ryan Xie?
- Ryan Xie is a co-founder at Blocksfabrik who previously held team leadership roles at Facebook focused on growth strategy and at Palantir across search, pharmaceuticals, and user research functions.
- Where does Ryan Xie work?
- Ryan Xie is Founder of Designbase and COO at Origami Robotics.
- What companies did Ryan Xie found?
- Ryan Xie founded Designbase, Origami Robotics.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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University of California, Berkeley mafia1,343
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University of Michigan mafia477
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute mafia102
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Elementus mafia3
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