About
Zach Kamran is co-founder of Simple AI and previously worked on Bookface while at Y Combinator.
Founder at Simple AIYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Zach went through Y Combinator (Summer 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 Simple AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Zach can intro founders to Simple AI's investors below.
Simple AI's investors · 4
Co-founders at Simple AI
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Catheryn LiFounder
Experience
- Simple AICo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorHead of Product - Bookface2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Y CombinatorTech Lead2021 — 2024
- Evil GeniusesDirector of Technology and Analytics2020 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
- PEAK6 InvestmentsStrategic Capital Associate2019 — 2020
- PEAK6 InvestmentsSports Data Science2018 — 2019
- SnowballCo-Founder2018 — 2019Chicago, Illinois, United States
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Software Engineer Intern2018Chicago, Illinois
- PEAK6 InvestmentsStrategic Capital Integrations Developer Intern2018Greater Chicago Area
- Wiklund Trading, LLCSoftware Developer Intern2017Greater Chicago Area
- University of Chicago Gordon CenterResearch Project Leader2015 — 2017
Skills & more
Languages English
From Zach's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zach Kamran?
- Zach Kamran is co-founder of Simple AI and previously worked on Bookface while at Y Combinator.
- Where does Zach Kamran work?
- Zach Kamran is Founder of Simple AI.
- What companies did Zach Kamran found?
- Zach Kamran founded Simple AI.
- Where did Zach Kamran go to school?
- Zach Kamran studied at University of Chicago (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science minor Statistics and Biology); Gadsden City High School (High School).
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