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Sam Lushtak

Founder

Founder and CEO at Palus Finance

New York, New York, United States

FoundedPalus Finance · YC

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1,830 people in our graph share verified history with Sam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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×6Sam: together at Y Combinator
Sam: together at The Branson School

About

Sam Lushtak worked in cash management roles at Goldman Sachs and Capital Group, serving Fortune 500 clients, and holds a degree from Caltech. He now leads Palus Finance, which provides similar treasury services to startups.

Founder and CEO at Palus FinanceYC W26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Palus Finance's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Sam can intro founders to Palus Finance's investors below.

Palus Finance's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Palus Finance

MGMichael Gonzalez
Michael GonzalezFounder

Experience

  1. Palus FinanceCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2026 — present
  2. Valorem ReplySenior Consultant, AI/ML2024 — 2026
  3. Movable InkMachine Learning Engineer2021 — 2023
  4. DinnertecCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer2020 — 2021Los Angeles, CA
  5. CaltechCarl F. Braun Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow2020Pasadena, California, United States
  6. Goldman SachsSoftware Engineering Summer Associate (Risk Division)2020New York City Metropolitan Area
  7. The Aerospace CorporationDigital Communications Engineering Intern2019El Segundo, CA

Skills & more

Java6MySQL4PostgreSQL4Mathematica1Assembly Language2HTML51LaTeXSML2Russian2

Languages German · Russian · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sam Lushtak?
Sam Lushtak worked in cash management roles at Goldman Sachs and Capital Group, serving Fortune 500 clients, and holds a degree from Caltech. He now leads Palus Finance, which provides similar treasury services to startups.
Where does Sam Lushtak work?
Sam Lushtak is Founder and CEO of Palus Finance.
What companies did Sam Lushtak found?
Sam Lushtak founded Palus Finance.
Where did Sam Lushtak go to school?
Sam Lushtak studied at Caltech (Bachelor of Science, Information & Data Sciences; Business); Pomona College (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Computer Science); Technische Universität Berlin (Semester Abroad, Computer Science).

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Michael GonzalezFounder at Palus Finance