About
Yaman Ziadeh is an AI platform engineer who previously worked at Anterior and Bloomberg on infrastructure and database systems. He holds an MS in AI from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and co-founded Baqi, a bootstrapped platform that grew to significant enterprise adoption.
Founder & CTO at PanaceaYC X26
Intro paths
Yaman went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Panacea's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Yaman can intro founders to Panacea's investors below.
Panacea's investors · 3
Co-founders at Panacea
Experience
Education
- University of Illinois ChicagoMaster of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence2021 — 2022
- University of Illinois ChicagoBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2017 — 2021
Skills & more
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Computer VisionDockerMySQLKubernetesSoftware InfrastructureSoftware DesignApache ZooKeeperRedisDistributed SystemsCassandraVersion ControlWeb DevelopmentLanguages Arabic · English
From Yaman's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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University of Illinois Chicago mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Anterior mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Illinois Chicago42
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Shared employers
Also worked at Panacea1
Also worked at Anterior3
Also worked at Bloomberg LP143
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