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Zack Swafford

Founder

Founder at Dart

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDart · YC

About

Zack Swafford is a cofounder at Dart. He previously studied at Stanford and worked at Plenty as an early engineer, where he built full-stack applications, data pipelines, and machine learning systems, eventually managing a team of engineering and product staff.

Founder at DartYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Zack went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Dart's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Zack can intro founders to Dart's investors below.

Dart's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Dart

MMMilad Malek
Milad MalekFounder

Experience

  1. DartCofoundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Plenty®Sofware Engineering Manager2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Plenty®Senior Software Engineer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Self-EmployedAI/ML/CV Consultant and Contractor2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Stanford University Computer Science DepartmentTeaching Assistant2015 — 2016Stanford University
  6. See Jane FarmSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. AtchCofounder and President2015 — 2016Stanford University
  8. Academic Computing Services of StanfordTechnical Operations Specialist2013 — 2015Stanford University
  9. Perceptive SoftwareSoftware Engineering Intern2014Shawnee, KS

Skills & more

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Python5DjangoReact.jsGit1Java9TensorFlowSQLDocker Products1LinuxPostgreSQLFlask
+12 moreStart-upsRecruitingHiringCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentCustomer ExperienceArchitectural DesignArtificial IntelligenceWeb ServicesProject ManagementDesignDeep Learning

Languages English · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Zack Swafford?
Zack Swafford is a cofounder at Dart. He previously studied at Stanford and worked at Plenty as an early engineer, where he built full-stack applications, data pipelines, and machine learning systems, eventually managing a team of engineering and product staff.
Where does Zack Swafford work?
Zack Swafford is Founder of Dart.
What companies did Zack Swafford found?
Zack Swafford founded Dart.
Where did Zack Swafford go to school?
Zack Swafford studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Lewis & Clark College (Templeton Scholars Program).

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Lewis & Clark College mafia2

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Plenty mafia2

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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Dart1

Milad MalekFounder at Dart

Also worked at Plenty®5

Akihiko OkamotoInvestor at HeadlineJavier VillamizarAdvisor at AvilaKarl KerksiekManaging Director at Endeavor8Logan AshcraftPrincipal at Standard InvestmentsChris MuiFounder at Electric Air

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Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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