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720 people in our graph share verified history with Sam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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About
Sam Slezek is the co-founder and CEO of Arctic Health. He previously held product leadership roles at Scale AI and Instacart, completed an investment role at Amasia, and worked as an analyst covering insurance at Morgan Stanley.
Founder at Arctic HealthYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Sam went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Arctic Health's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sam can intro founders to Arctic Health's investors below.
Arctic Health's investors · 1
Co-founders at Arctic Health
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Michael ClarkCo-Founder
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Raghav MehrishFounder
Experience
- Arctic HealthCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- Scale AIStrategic Product Manager2025
- InstacartProduct2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- AmasiaVenture Capital2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking2016 — 2017
- Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking Intern2015New York, New York
- Chrg IncSoftware Development Intern2014Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Social Entrepreneur CorpsVolunteer2013Nicaragua
- Duke Computer ScienceTeaching Assistant2013Durham, NC
- Duke Peer AdvisingIntern2012 — 2013
Skills & more
Java7Microsoft Excel7HTML1JavaScript1CSS2MySQL1Django1Python3jQuery1Apache1Ubuntu1Linux2
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Microsoft OfficePowerPointCascading Style Sheets (CSS)MatlabLeadershipStrategyStrategic PlanningProgrammingSoftware EngineeringCommon LispSoftware DevelopmentVenture CapitalLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Slezek?
- Sam Slezek is the co-founder and CEO of Arctic Health. He previously held product leadership roles at Scale AI and Instacart, completed an investment role at Amasia, and worked as an analyst covering insurance at Morgan Stanley.
- Where does Sam Slezek work?
- Sam Slezek is Founder of Arctic Health.
- What companies did Sam Slezek found?
- Sam Slezek founded Arctic Health.
- Where did Sam Slezek go to school?
- Sam Slezek studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude), Computer Science & Economics); Williston Northampton School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Duke University mafia288
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Marc AndreessenBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded OpswareFred EhrsamB.S.Founded Nudge +1Zach PerretBSFounded PlaidDavid CummingsBSFounded Undaunted +6George ChurchBachelor's degreeFounded Editas Medicine +5Ian PeikonBSEFounded Cajalneuro +2
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Scale AI mafia67
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lucy GuoCo-founderFounded PassesWilliam HockeyBoard DirectorFounded PlaidBrad PorterChief Technology OfficerFounded Collaborative RoboticsJosephine LeeIntern - GenAIFounded Palette Labs +1Anthony KrivonosSenior Software Engineer, NucleusFounded Toma +1George FangStrategic Projects LeadFounded Meridian +1
+ 60 more
Instacart mafia39
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Montana LowSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Tomo +3Quentin RousseauSenior Reliability EngineerFounded Rootly +2Jesse RobbinsStrategic AdvisorFounded Chef +1Kaitlyn KnoppHead of Global CompensationFounded Pequity +1Aamir PoonawallaTechnical LeadFounded Orchestra +1Jake SeipSenior Product Manager, New VerticalsFounded Aero +1
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Same school
Also attended Duke University939
Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAyaan PatelInvestor at LightbankScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended Williston Northampton School8
Josh BoylanPrincipal at NaviMed CapitalSergio PaluchFounding Partner at Beta BoomConor ArchbaldVice President at TrueBridge Capital PartnersKP ParkPrincipal at DST GlobalSteve PinadoChief Executive Officer at NmiAlanna FinckeFounder at Health Monitor Network
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arctic Health2
Also worked at Scale AI99
Alexandr WangCo-founder of Scale AI; Chief AI Officer at MetaLucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesWilliam HockeyCo-founder of Plaid; founder & CEO of ColumnBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 93 more
Also worked at Instacart69
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek Ventures
+ 63 more
Also worked at Morgan Stanley1,687
Mary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BONDAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalDavid VélezFounder & CEO of NubankJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis Ventures
+ 1,681 more