Where does Zach Ocean work?

Zach Ocean is Founder of Uberduck.

Where did Zach Ocean go to school?

Zach Ocean studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.)); Stanford University.

Zach Ocean

Founder

Founder at Uberduck

Greater Seattle Area

FoundedUberduck · YC

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1,773 people in our graph share verified history with Zach — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Zach Ocean studied at MIT and worked as a software engineer at Mixpanel and Propel before founding Uberduck. He has also contributed writing to The Atlantic.

Founder at Uberduck YC W22

Intro paths

Zach went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — 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 — the partner who ran Uberduck's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Zach can intro founders to Uberduck's investors below.

Uberduck's investors · 3

Hard YakaMuir Beach · since 2022 Hyperguapsince 2022 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Experience

BoltzMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
UberduckFounder2022 — 2025
Propel, IncSenior Software Engineer2020 — 2021
Stanford UniversityCourse Facilitator2020 — 2021
MixpanelSenior Software Engineer2015 — 2020
QuartzAtlantic Media Fellow2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2013New York
AmazonTechnical Intern2012
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LabUndergraduate Researcher2011 — 2012Cambridge, MA
FlotypeIntern2011
MicrosoftHigh School Intern2010Redmond, WA

Skills & more

Python21JavaScript4Java9Eclipse8Final Cut Pro2Pro Tools2Django2LaTeX5Ableton Live3Vim3Programming1

Triplebyte certified Data Scientist — Triplebyte

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Zach Ocean?: Zach Ocean studied at MIT and worked as a software engineer at Mixpanel and Propel before founding Uberduck. He has also contributed writing to The Atlantic.
Where does Zach Ocean work?: Zach Ocean is Founder of Uberduck.
What companies did Zach Ocean found?: Zach Ocean founded Uberduck.
Where did Zach Ocean go to school?: Zach Ocean studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.)); Stanford University.

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Stanford University mafia1,934

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221

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Mixpanel mafia8

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Boltz mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Artur BergmanInvestor and Board MemberFounded Amplify Partners Sunil DhaliwalInvestor and Board MemberFounded Suplari

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Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Jon XuGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Chris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Philippe LaffontFounder & CIO of Coatue Management Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Harvard University2,000

Ron ConwayFounder of SV Angel Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Shared employers

Also worked at Boltz7

Artur BergmanFounder, Fastly at Amplify Partners Sunil DhaliwalGeneral Partner at Amplify Partners Dylan ReidInvestor at Zetta Venture Partners Rohan GaneshPartner at Obvious Ventures Gabriele CorsoFounder at Boltz Sunil DhaliwalGeneral Partner at Amplify Partners CV

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Also worked at Stanford University1,146

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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Also worked at Google2,000

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory Ventures Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also worked at Amazon1,105

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Binny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoor Brad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative Robotics Jane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative Robotics Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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About

Founder at UberduckYC W22

Intro paths

Uberduck's investors · 3

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Stanford University mafia1,934

Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221

Mixpanel mafia8

Boltz mafia3

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Also attended Harvard University2,000

Shared employers

Also worked at Boltz7

Also worked at Stanford University1,146

Also worked at Google2,000

Also worked at Amazon1,105

Founder at Uberduck YC W22