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Vadim Korolik

Founder

Founder at highlight.io

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedhighlight.io Β· 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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Vadim Korolik @vkorolik

Super stoked to join LaunchDarkly and pave the future of Observability! Wouldn’t be here without the support of our customers and our community. https://t.co/XPTBFtUG38

Apr 23, 2025 Β· β™₯ 12

Founder at highlight.ioYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Vadim went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β€” 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 β€” the partner who ran highlight.io's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Vadim can intro founders to highlight.io's investors below.

highlight.io's investors Β· 6

BenchmarkEssence Venture CapitalGreycroftKhosla VenturesSlow VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at highlight.io

JKJay Khatri
Jay KhatriCofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly)

Experience

  1. LaunchDarklyStaff Engineer, Engineering Managercurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. HighlightCo-Founder & CTO2022 β€” 2025California, United States
  3. Pure StorageMember Of Technical Staff2019 β€” 2022Mountain View, CA
  4. Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Development Engineering Intern2018Greater Seattle Area
  5. drive.aiSoftware Engineering Intern - Data Tools2017Mountain View, CA
  6. drive.aiSoftware Engineering Intern2016Mountain View, CA
  7. CloudFlowProgramming Intern2015San Jose, California

Education

  1. University of Southern CaliforniaMaster's degree, Computer Science
  2. Y CombinatorW23
  3. University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering and Computer Science

Skills & more

C++PythonJavaJavaScript8SQL5C7HTML6Windows6CSS4Linux3PHP3Computer Hardware3
+10 morePowerPointMicrosoft ExcelProgrammingArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsWeb DevelopmentComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringWeb DesignGolang

Languages English Β· Japanese Β· Russian Β· Spanish

  • Triplebyte Certified Generalist Engineer β€” Triplebyte

From Vadim's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Southern California470

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

+ 464 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,994 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Highlight1

Jay KhatriCofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly) at highlight.io

Also worked at Pure Storage18

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcJoe PintoChief Customer Experience Officer, Pure Storage at Two Bear CapitalMallun YenFounder & Managing Partner at Operator CollectiveJay ChongManaging Partner at Millennium New Horizons

+ 12 more

Also worked at Amazon Web Services252

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersJared SaulFormer Chief Medical Officer, Commercial Health & Life Sciences (External Advisor) at Flare Capital Partners

+ 246 more

Also worked at drive.ai5

Kent LucasCo-Founding Partner at Non Sibi VenturesAndrew NgManaging General Partner at AI FundAric LasryFounder/CTO at HellobillZheng Hao TanFounder at RulesetNikhil RaoFounder at Reflex