Where does Zeno Rocha work?

Zeno Rocha is Founder & CEO of Resend.

Where did Zeno Rocha go to school?

Zeno Rocha studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Executive Leadership Program, Haas School of Business); Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Bachelor of Computer (B.Sc.), Information Systems).

What awards has Zeno Rocha received?

Ranked among the top 20 most active users on GitHub at age 22.

What has Zeno Rocha written?

Zeno Rocha has 3 tracked posts on zenorocha.com, including "Marathons and Startups", "How is life post YC?", "The two types of quality".

What podcasts and interviews feature Zeno Rocha?

Tracked appearances include "Zeno Rocha of Resend: from 0 to a16z by cutting scope ruthlessly and shipping perfect products fast", "Modern emails using React", "How to build a Developer-First Startup | Supabase Select 2025", and 9 more.

Zeno Rocha

Founder

Founder & CEO at Resend

San Francisco, California

FoundedResend · YC

About

Zeno Rocha is a Brazilian programmer and creator who began his software engineering career in 2009 working with Flash. He is the Founder & CEO of Resend, and previously served as VP of Developer Experience at WorkOS and CPO at Liferay Cloud. Earlier in his career in Latin America he built applications, mentored startups, and worked at companies including Globo and Petrobras. He has spoken at more than 110 conferences worldwide and was ranked among the top 20 most active GitHub users at age 22. He now angel invests in developer-first, early-stage B2B SaaS startups.

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

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Beyond investing

Founded: Founded and is CEO of Resend.
Communities: Has spoken at over 110 conferences worldwide, traveling to 11 countries and giving more than 128 talks. Hosts a podcast called ByteTalk with Jonni, interviewing productive people in tech. Co-hosted his first podcast, Zone Of Front-Enders (ZOFE), with Daniel about web technologies.
Awards: Ranked among the top 20 most active users on GitHub at age 22.
Hobbies: Enjoys running, watching movies, and eating cheese. Loves dark mode, open source, and side projects.
Family: Lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. Originally from Brazil.
More: Created the Dracula theme (Dracula PRO).

From Zeno's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Founder & CEO at Resend YC W23

Intro paths

Zeno went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 Resend's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Zeno can intro founders to Resend's investors below.

Resend's investors · 3

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks SV AngelSan Francisco Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Resend

Bu KinoshitaFounder

Experience

ResendFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
WorkOSVP of Developer Experience2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
Liferay Cloud, Inc.Chief Product Officer2018 — 2021Greater Los Angeles Area
Liferay Cloud, Inc.Principal Developer Advocate2015 — 2018Greater Los Angeles Area
Liferay Cloud, Inc.Front End Engineer2012 — 2015Recife Area, Brazil
Rede GloboFront-end Developer2011 — 2012Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
PETROBRAS PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SASoftware Engineer2011Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
Caos! DesignWeb Developer2009 — 2011Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

Skills & more

JavaScript99CSS99jQuery99HTML 599HTML99CSS384Web Applications96User Interface93Web Standards76Front-end99YUI47

Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish

From Zeno's professional profile.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Zeno Rocha

Zeno Rocha of Resend: from 0 to a16z by cutting scope ruthlessly and shipping perfect products fast

Evil Martians

Modern emails using React

React Conf

How to build a Developer-First Startup | Supabase Select 2025

Supabase

Como um dev brasileiro conquistou o Vale do Silício com Zeno Rocha da Resend

OFF THE GRID

Zeno Rocha Founder & CEO at Resend | Gigacast #90

Gigacast

Zeno Rocha conta o que a Resend faz para crescer

Gabs Ferreira

6 more appearances

Why developers trust Resend, with Zeno Rocha2024-10-14
Gaining Traction in Open Source | Zeno Rocha of Resend2024-07-17
Lançamento oficial do React.email – Zeno Rocha2022-12-04
Live from SaaStr Annual 2022: The Founder's Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS2022-09-16
The Next Generation of Developer-First Products - Zeno Rocha2022-05-05
Building your own VS Code theme2022-03-17

Writing

All posts ↗

Zeno Rocha writes about building startups and products, covering functional versus aesthetic software quality, lessons on maintaining momentum after Y Combinator, and parallels between running a marathon and running a company.

Marathons and Startups2025-02-04

The author compares running his first half marathon to building a startup, covering unfavorable conditions, competing against yourself, increasing difficulty, and the absence of a finish line.

How is life post YC?2024-02-12

Drawing on his own Winter 2023 batch and other founders' input, the author shares lessons about maintaining momentum, peers pivoting, support groups, and staying in San Francisco after Y Combinator.

The two types of quality2022-08-04

Using the Japanese concepts atarimae hinshitsu and miryokuteki hinshitsu, the post distinguishes functional versus aesthetic quality and applies it to software products, marketing, recruiting, and engineering.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Zeno Rocha?: Zeno Rocha is a Brazilian programmer and creator who began his software engineering career in 2009 working with Flash. He is the Founder & CEO of Resend, and previously served as VP of Developer Experience at WorkOS and CPO at Liferay Cloud. Earlier in his career in Latin America he built applications, mentored startups, and worked at companies including Globo and Petrobras. He has spoken at more than 110 conferences worldwide and was ranked among the top 20 most active GitHub users at age 22. He now angel invests in developer-first, early-stage B2B SaaS startups.
Where does Zeno Rocha work?: Zeno Rocha is Founder & CEO of Resend.
What companies did Zeno Rocha found?: Zeno Rocha founded Resend.
Where did Zeno Rocha go to school?: Zeno Rocha studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Executive Leadership Program, Haas School of Business); Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Bachelor of Computer (B.Sc.), Information Systems).
What awards has Zeno Rocha received?: Ranked among the top 20 most active users on GitHub at age 22.
What has Zeno Rocha written?: Zeno Rocha has 3 tracked posts on zenorocha.com, including "Marathons and Startups", "How is life post YC?", "The two types of quality".
What podcasts and interviews feature Zeno Rocha?: Tracked appearances include "Zeno Rocha of Resend: from 0 to a16z by cutting scope ruthlessly and shipping perfect products fast", "Modern emails using React", "How to build a Developer-First Startup | Supabase Select 2025", and 9 more.