About
Tyler Lehman is CEO and co-founder of OpenFoundry. Previously, he held product management roles at Meta focused on API and developer platform products, worked on analytics at Airbnb and LinkedIn, consulted at Bain, and built full-stack software for institutional information management systems.
Founder at OpenFoundryYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Tyler went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran OpenFoundry's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tyler can intro founders to OpenFoundry's investors below.
OpenFoundry's investors · 2
Experience
- OpenFoundry (YC W24)CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WhatsApp Inc.Product Manager2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaProduct Manager2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbProduct Strategy2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Bain & CompanySenior Associate Consultant2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- ProConsort, IncLead Software Engineer2005 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Product DesignProduct VisionProduct Management1Product Strategy1Business Strategy1Analytics1Product Development1Start-ups1Web AnalyticsMobile DevicesCompetitive AnalysisFinancial Modeling
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SQL- Advanced Open Water Diver — PADI
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tyler Lehman?
- Tyler Lehman is CEO and co-founder of OpenFoundry. Previously, he held product management roles at Meta focused on API and developer platform products, worked on analytics at Airbnb and LinkedIn, consulted at Bain, and built full-stack software for institutional information management systems.
- Where does Tyler Lehman work?
- Tyler Lehman is Founder of OpenFoundry.
- What companies did Tyler Lehman found?
- Tyler Lehman founded OpenFoundry.
- Where did Tyler Lehman go to school?
- Tyler Lehman studied at Stanford University (MBA (on leave)); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics); Y Combinator (W24).
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Shared employers
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