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270 people in our graph share verified history with Tomas — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Cyriac ParisotunlockedTomas: together at BlackRock (2016)
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About
Co-founder of Pennant. He was previously a product manager at BlackRock and founded Mindware, which builds agent tooling infrastructure, and co-founded ClawCon, a community focused on personal AI.
Founder at PennantYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Tomas went through Y Combinator (Summer 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 Pennant's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tomas can intro founders to Pennant's investors below.
Pennant's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pennant
RN
Ryan Nowicki StewartFounder
Experience
- Pennant AICo-Founder, CTOcurrent2026 — presentNew York, NY
- ClawConCo-Founder, Presidentcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Independent ConsultantAI Engineer2024 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- MindwareFounder, CEO2023 — 2025New York, NY
- Dapper LabsMBA Intern2022Los Angeles, CA
- BlackRockProduct Manager2018 — 2021New York, NY
- BlackRockProduct Analyst2016 — 2018New York, NY
- BlackRockSummer Analyst2015New York, New York, United States
Skills & more
Leadership14Teamwork20Public Speaking13StrategyMicrosoft Office12Python1Java1PHP1HTML1AngularJSC++Django
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MySQLEthereumSmart ContractsBlockchainNode.jsDecentralized Applications (DApps)SQLJavaScriptCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Rust (Programming Language)SolidityMicrosoft ExcelFrom Tomas's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tomas Taylor?
- Co-founder of Pennant. He was previously a product manager at BlackRock and founded Mindware, which builds agent tooling infrastructure, and co-founded ClawCon, a community focused on personal AI.
- Where does Tomas Taylor work?
- Tomas Taylor is Founder of Pennant.
- What companies did Tomas Taylor found?
- Tomas Taylor founded Pennant.
- Where did Tomas Taylor go to school?
- Tomas Taylor studied at Y Combinator (S26); Harvard Business School (MBA); Cornell University (BS).
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
+ 10,223 more
Harvard Business School mafia893
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Brad GerstnerMBAFounded AltimeterTim DraperMBAFounded Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrMBAFounded Pattern BreakersHristo BorisovOPM Class 64Founded PayhawkNoubar AfeyanVisiting LecturerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +13Wade MyersMBAFounded RealManage +6
+ 886 more
Cornell mafia535
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
John ZimmerBSFounded LyftDavid SteinbergBAFounded Restorbio +3Hanson S. Gifford, IIIBSMEFounded Miramar Labs +3Emin Gun SirerAssociate ProfessorFounded Ava Labs +3Uri LopatinBAFounded Assemblybio +2Aniq RahmanB.S.Founded Ucmdigitalhealth +2
+ 528 more
BlackRock mafia62
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Bo LuManaging DirectorFounded FutureAdvisor +1Gus TrigosQuant, Quantitative Investment GroupFounded Runtime +1Shourya LalaSoftware EngineerFounded Third Chair +1Pauline RotetaSenior Investor & Portfolio Manager, BlackRock Infrastructure Investment GroupFounded Pasito +1Anand KannappanQuantitative AnalystFounded Kyber Technologies +1Vivian WangFinancial Markets Advisory AnalystFounded Landed +1
+ 55 more
Dapper Labs mafia13
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Miguel KudryProduct ConsultantFounded L1 Advisors +1Dieter ShirleyCTOFounded Flow +1David PakmanBoard MemberFounded AppleRoham GharegozlouCEOFounded Dapper LabsAli SaheliSeed InvestorFounded TeleSwapGagan PalrechaVice President OperationsFounded Chirply
+ 6 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesHristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of PayhawkVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Cornell University1,413
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective
+ 1,407 more
Also attended Borough of Manhattan Community College4
Shared employers
Also worked at Pennant AI1
Also worked at Independent Consultant18
Evan OkunPrincipal at Working Capital FundDr. Carolin AlthoffGeneral Partner - Investor & Head of ESG at Cusp CapitalCarolin AlthoffGeneral Partner - Investor & Head of ESG at Cusp CapitalAzade HosseiniVenture Associate at NYU Innovation Venture FundRyan FungInvestor at Horizons VenturesManish TangriInvestor at Micron Ventures
+ 12 more
Also worked at Dapper Labs21
Patrick ChangFounder and Managing Partner at Dispersion CapitalBrian AkinSenior Associate at DFJDavid PakmanManaging Partner, Head of Venture Investing at CoinFundMatt BrownInvestor at HeadlineMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesJJ AguhobInvestor at Progression
+ 15 more
Also worked at BlackRock388
Cyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMaddie CoughlinInvestor at DN CapitalNeil FongManaging Director Asia at Burda Principal InvestmentsAshley ValentineChief People Officer at GreycroftAnya RajaniAssociate at Sapphire Ventures
+ 382 more