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.
Founder at InsForgeYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Tony went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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
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In turn, Tony can intro founders to InsForge's investors below.
InsForge's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at InsForge
Founder at InsForgeYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Tony went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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
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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
Skills & more
Next.js1reflex1mindsdbLarge Language Models (LLM)Data MiningFacebook APIJava1Software DesignBackendRuby on RailsJavaScript1Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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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
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tony Chang?
- 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.
- Where does Tony Chang work?
- Tony Chang is Founder of InsForge.
- What companies did Tony Chang found?
- Tony Chang founded InsForge.
- Where did Tony Chang go to school?
- Tony Chang studied at Y Combinator (P26); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Dual Degree: Computer Science); Y Combinator (AI Startup School).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Y Combinator mafia4,716
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan SheaEntrepreneurshipFounded StacksTarek MansourFounded KalshiSuhail DoshiEating beans & riceFounded Playground +1Subomi OluwalanaW22Founded ConvoyDarius "Bubs" MonsefS19Founded Sightbox +3Matthew ScholzFounded Oisin Biotechnologies +3
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia146
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max LevchinBSFounded PayPal +1Luke NosekBSFounded PayPalAnsuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana Bio +2DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Super Heroic +2Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +2Amitt MahajanBSFounded Rare Bits +1
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Databricks mafia23
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ben HorowitzDirectorFounded OpswareNaveen RaoVice President of Artificial IntelligenceFounded Mosaic ML +1Danny WenInvestorFounded Crowdmade +1Jean Yves StephanSoftware Engineer and Tech Lead ManagerFounded Data Mechanics +1PankajVP, Product and Data PartnershipsFounded AI21 LabsAndy KonwinskiFounderFounded Perplexity
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign421
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCLuke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of GigafundSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at InsForge2
Also worked at Databricks88
Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Arsalan TavakoliInvestor at Foundation CapitalAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalEryk DobrushkinInvestor at Index VenturesJules GsellInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign67
Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordDavid KoleskyPrincipal at MPM BioImpactGraham CareyInvestment Director - Advanced Materials at Emerald Technology Ventures AgDavid AnSenior Software Engineer at Red Cell IncubationSara Crown StarVenture Partner at FemHealth VenturesShreeganesh RamananInvestor at Inception Studio Capital
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Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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