Zach Kamran
FounderFounder at Simple AI
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSimple AI Β· YC
About
Zach Kamran is co-founder of Simple AI and previously worked on Bookface while at Y Combinator.
Zach Kamran @zach_kamran
It seems like humans might just be kind of "bad" at math? It will be interesting to see what other areas we turn out to be "bad" at.
Aug 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Zach Kamran @zach_kamran
Claude went from giga brain talker to midwit with opus-5.
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 5 Β· β 1
Zach Kamran @zach_kamran
Doomsday prepping by downloading Kimi k3 onto a hard drive.
Jul 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Founder at Simple AIYC S24
Intro paths
Zach went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Simple AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Zach can intro founders to Simple AI's investors below.
Simple AI's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Simple AI
Experience
- Simple AICo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorHead of Product - Bookface2023 β 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Y CombinatorTech Lead2021 β 2024
- Evil GeniusesDirector of Technology and Analytics2020 β 2021Greater Seattle Area
- PEAK6 InvestmentsStrategic Capital Associate2019 β 2020
- PEAK6 InvestmentsSports Data Science2018 β 2019
- SnowballCo-Founder2018 β 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 β 2017
Education
- University of ChicagoBachelorβs Degree, Computer Science minor Statistics and Biology2015 β 2019
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh School2011 β 2015
Skills & more
Languages English
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of Chicago mafia90
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Also attended University of Chicago334
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Shared employers
Also worked at Simple AI1
Also worked at Y Combinator336
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Also worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co.321
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