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Saheed Akinbile

Founder

Co-founder & CTO at Minicor

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMinicor · YC

About

Saheed Akinbile has experience in infrastructure, robotic process automation, and browser automation, including work with QuickBooks, Sage, and Citrix systems. He is currently building Minicor, an agentic desktop and browser automation platform.

Co-founder & CTO at MinicorYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Saheed went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Minicor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Saheed can intro founders to Minicor's investors below.

Minicor's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Minicor

FCFaizaan Chishtie
Faizaan ChishtieCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

  1. Minicor (YC P26)CTO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Ford Motor CompanySenior Software Engineer2022 — 2025Ontario, Canada
  3. Software For LoveSoftware Engineering Advisor2020 — 2023
  4. Morgan StanleySoftware Engineer2020 — 2022Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  5. KinaxisQuality Assurance Intern2019Ottawa, Canada Area
  6. KinaxisQuality Assurance Intern2018Ottawa, Canada Area
  7. Morgan StanleySoftware Analyst (Co-op)2018

Skills & more

Android Development2ArtifactorySoftware DevelopmentComputer Science1Kotlin2Embedded Systems1Java6Python (Programming Language)4Microsoft Word1Microsoft Office2Microsoft PowerPoint1SQL2
+12 moreAngularJavaScriptGitNode.jsAnsibleSpring FrameworkC++HTMLC#ScalaReact.jsLinux

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Saheed Akinbile?
Saheed Akinbile has experience in infrastructure, robotic process automation, and browser automation, including work with QuickBooks, Sage, and Citrix systems. He is currently building Minicor, an agentic desktop and browser automation platform.
Where does Saheed Akinbile work?
Saheed Akinbile is Co-founder & CTO of Minicor.
What companies did Saheed Akinbile found?
Saheed Akinbile founded Minicor.
Where did Saheed Akinbile go to school?
Saheed Akinbile studied at Y Combinator; University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Software Engineering); University of Manitoba.

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