Vadim Korolik
FounderFounder at highlight.io
San Francisco, California, United States
Foundedhighlight.io · YC
About
Vadim Korolik is the founder and CTO of highlight.io, an open source session replay and error monitoring framework. He previously held roles at Pure Storage and drive.ai.
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Founder at highlight.ioYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Vadim went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran highlight.io's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Vadim can intro founders to highlight.io's investors below.
highlight.io's investors · 12
Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checksCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2023Essence Venture CapitalSeattle · $10K – $10M checksFuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checks · since 2023GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksNeosince 2023Ramtin Naimisince 2023Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksWorklife VenturesWalnut · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
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Co-founders at highlight.io
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Jay KhatriCofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly)
Experience
- LaunchDarklyStaff Engineer, Engineering Managercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HighlightCo-Founder & CTO2022 — 2025California, United States
- Pure StorageMember Of Technical Staff2019 — 2022Mountain View, CA
- Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Development Engineering Intern2018Greater Seattle Area
- drive.aiSoftware Engineering Intern - Data Tools2017Mountain View, CA
- drive.aiSoftware Engineering Intern2016Mountain View, CA
- CloudFlowProgramming Intern2015San Jose, California
Skills & more
C++PythonJavaJavaScript8SQL5C7HTML6Windows6CSS4Linux3PHP3Computer Hardware3
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PowerPointMicrosoft ExcelProgrammingArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsWeb DevelopmentComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringWeb DesignGolangLanguages English · Japanese · Russian · Spanish
- Triplebyte Certified Generalist Engineer — Triplebyte
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vadim Korolik?
- Vadim Korolik is the founder and CTO of highlight.io, an open source session replay and error monitoring framework. He previously held roles at Pure Storage and drive.ai.
- Where does Vadim Korolik work?
- Vadim Korolik is Founder of highlight.io.
- What companies did Vadim Korolik found?
- Vadim Korolik founded highlight.io.
- Where did Vadim Korolik go to school?
- Vadim Korolik studied at University of Southern California (Master's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (W23); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering and Computer Science).
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