About
Will Wang is co-founder and CTO of Centralize. Previously, he led engineering and product initiatives at Slack, including Huddles and Clips, and was an early engineer at Capture where he contributed to core product development.
Founder at CentralizeYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Will went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Centralize's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Will can intro founders to Centralize's investors below.
Centralize's investors · 2
Co-founders at Centralize
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Rachit KatariaFounder
Experience
- CentralizeCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CaptureFounding Engineer2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- SlackSenior Software Engineer / Tech Lead2022
- SlackSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackAssociate Software Engineer2020San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackSoftware Engineer2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Kleiner PerkinsEngineering Fellow2019San Francisco Bay Area
- SalesforceSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- GE DigitalSoftware Engineer2017San Ramon, California
- Give Them A HandCo-Founder2014 — 2017
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratorySoftware Engineer2016Pasadena, California
- University of Southern CaliforniaSignal Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory Undergraduate Researcher2015 — 2016
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Will Wang?
- Will Wang is co-founder and CTO of Centralize. Previously, he led engineering and product initiatives at Slack, including Huddles and Clips, and was an early engineer at Capture where he contributed to core product development.
- Where does Will Wang work?
- Will Wang is Founder of Centralize.
- What companies did Will Wang found?
- Will Wang founded Centralize.
- Where did Will Wang go to school?
- Will Wang studied at Y Combinator (Startups); University of Southern California (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of Southern California (Bachelors degree, Computer Science).
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