About
Tony Chang is co-founder and CTO at InsForge. He previously worked as a software engineer at Databricks on networking infrastructure, and interned at Meta on ads machine learning infrastructure and at Amazon on backend infrastructure.
Tony Chang @tonychang430
You can and should still apply to @ycombinator even if it's late application. Don't make excuses and wait for another chance
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 9 Β· β 1
Tony Chang @tonychang430
This will be a game changer. Anthropic and OpenAI need to start acknowledging that there are cheaper and faster models out there. π. Not everyone wants the best best models https://t.co/Xn2fb08R07
Aug 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 20
Tony Chang @tonychang430
Fun fact @insforge once applied to YC late and we got an interview! Itβs good to apply early but itβs never too late to apply! https://t.co/DBcdJJpOca
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 6
Founder at InsForgeYC X26
Intro paths
Tony went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran InsForge's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Tony can intro founders to InsForge's investors below.
InsForge's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at InsForge
Experience
- InsForgeCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 β present
- DatabricksSoftware Engineer2024 β 2025Bellevue, Washington, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant2023 β 2024Urbana, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCS222(Software Design Lab) Course Mentor2023 β 2024Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCS361(Probability & Statistics for Computer Science) Lead Course Assistant2022 β 2024Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCS277(Algorithms and Data Structures for Data Science) Course Assistant2023Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCS307(Model & Learning in Data Science) Course Assistant2022Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignECE471(Data Science Analytics using Probabilistic Graph Models) Course Assistant2022Illinois, United States
- PlayTogetherSoftware Engineer Intern2023 β 2024Champaign, Illinois, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Intern2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- MetaSoftware Engineer Intern2022California, United States
- Illinois Risk LabData Science Research2022Urbana-Champaign Area
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCS125 Course Assistant2021Illinois, United States
- TEDxSMICSchoolLead Organizer2018 β 2020Shanghai, China
Education
- Y CombinatorP26
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science - BS, Dual Degree: Computer Science2020 β 2024
- Y CombinatorAI Startup School
- Shanghai SMIC Private School2007 β 2020
Skills & more
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Data AnalysisDistributed SystemsRust (Programming Language)Systems ProgrammingOpenCVPyTorchReact.jsPHPSQLGraphQLC++Python (Programming Language)Languages Chinese Β· English Β· Spanish
- Prosperity Trading Talent β IMC Trading
- Bloomberg Market Concepts β Bloomberg
- Deep Learning Specialization β Coursera
- AI4ALL Discover AI Certificate β AI4ALL
- AI4ALL Apply AI Certificate β AI4ALL
- Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp β Udemy
From Tony's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia131
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Databricks mafia20
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign388
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Shared employers
Also worked at InsForge2
Also worked at Databricks81
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Also worked at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign61
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Also worked at Amazon597
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