About
Shane Thomas founded Mastra after previously building Audiofeed, an AI podcasting platform. He has held roles as staff engineer and head of product at Gatsby, with over 15 years of open source development experience.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- s•••@mastra.aireveal75% confident
Founder at MastraYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Shane went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Mastra's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shane can intro founders to Mastra's investors below.
Mastra's investors · 10
Broom VenturesSan FranciscoGradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksLombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksMoonfire VenturesLondonSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoScript CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2026SV AngelSan FranciscoTranspose Platform ManagementHoustonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Mastra
SB
Sam BhagwatFounder
AA
Abhi AiyerFounder
Experience
- MastraFounder / Chief Product Officercurrent2024 — present
- CodeKarateFounder / AI Engineer2023 — 2024United States
- NetlifyStaff Product Manager2023
- GatsbyHead of Product2022 — 2023
- GatsbySenior Engineering Manager2020 — 2022
- GatsbyStaff Engineer2020
- Third and GroveSenior Developer2019 — 2020
- Third and GroveDeveloper2018 — 2019Greater Boston Area
- Learn.Create.Build AcademyCo-Founder / CEO2015 — 2019Providence, Rhode Island Area
- STEM FuseCTO2013 — 2015Brandon, South Dakota
- Beginr Media LLCCo-Founder / CEO2009 — 2013
Skills & more
Web Development29Programming6Web ServicesSoftware Development5Web Applications5Software Engineering8MVC5Mobile Applications2Website Development4Database Design2Software Design8Agile Methodologies1
+12 more
Web DesignCSSjQueryPHPDrupalJavaScriptHTMLXMLJavaMySQLSQLMicrosoft SQL ServerFrom Shane's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shane Thomas?
- Shane Thomas founded Mastra after previously building Audiofeed, an AI podcasting platform. He has held roles as staff engineer and head of product at Gatsby, with over 15 years of open source development experience.
- Where does Shane Thomas work?
- Shane Thomas is Founder of Mastra.
- What companies did Shane Thomas found?
- Shane Thomas founded Mastra.
- Where did Shane Thomas go to school?
- Shane Thomas studied at Dakota State University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Information Systems).
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