Powered by Crustdata
Type to search YC companies

Cruise

Employees who left to start YC-backed companies
Cruise Founder Genealogy Tree - YC Alumni Startups
Download Infographic

Cruise Founders

Daniel Kan
Daniel Kan
Utilizing AI to build games
 Kyle Vogt
Kyle Vogt
CEO at The Bot Company

YC Companies Founded by Cruise Alumni

27 YC-backed companies founded by former Cruise employees

Direct - 23 companies

Hestus YC W19
hestus.co
Cruise → Hestus
Kevin Chu Kevin Chu (Director of Autonomous Vehicle Engineering)
Ironledger Ai YC S25
ironledger.ai
Cruise → Ironledger Ai
Nick Amore Nick Amore (Business Operations)
Kiyo Robotics
kiyorobotics.com
Cruise → Kiyo Robotics
Dar Mehta Dar Mehta (Perception Software Engineering Intern)
LanceDB YC W22
lancedb.com
Cruise → LanceDB
Lei Xu Lei Xu (Staff Software Engineer)
Lexer
lexer.ai
Cruise → Lexer
Zheng Hao Tan Zheng Hao Tan (Senior Software Engineer)
Mocha YC S23
getmocha.com
Cruise → Mocha
Nicholas Charriere Nicholas Charriere (Senior Software Engineer) Ben Reinhart Ben Reinhart (Engineer and Team Lead)
Openmart YC W24
openmart.com
Cruise → Openmart
Richard He Richard He (Senior Software Engineer)
Revoy YC W22
revoy.com
Cruise → Revoy
Ian Rust Ian Rust (Founding Engineer)
Rocketable YC S14
rocketable.com
Cruise → Rocketable
Alan Wells Alan Wells (Senior Manager, Product Management - AV Behavior)
Socratix Ai YC S25
getsocratix.ai
Cruise → Socratix Ai
Satya Vasanth Reddy Satya Vasanth Reddy (Senior Software Engineer II - AI Foundations)
SpaceRyde YC W19
spaceryde.com
Cruise → SpaceRyde
Sohrab Haghighat Sohrab Haghighat (Controls Engineer)
Thorntale (YC W24) YC W24
thorntale.com
Cruise → Thorntale (YC W24)
Ellen Hui Ellen Hui (Senior Site Reliability Engineer)
Turntable (YC W23) YC W23
turntable.so
Cruise → Turntable (YC W23)
Justin Leder Justin Leder (Manager, Operations Analytics)
Unthread YC S22
unthread.io
Cruise → Unthread
Tom Bachant Tom Bachant (Senior Engineering Manager) Jake McCloskey Jake McCloskey (Senior Software Engineer)
Airtrain AI (YC S22) YC S22
airtrain.ai
Cruise → Airtrain AI (YC S22)
Emmanuel Turlay Emmanuel Turlay (Senior Software Engineer)
Aquarium (acq. Notion) YC S20
aquariumlearning.com
Cruise → Aquarium (acq. Notion)
Peter Gao Peter Gao (Engineering Manager) Quinn Johnson Quinn Johnson (Engineering Manager)
AtoB YC S20
atob.com
Cruise → AtoB
Vignan Velivela Vignan Velivela (Software Engineer)
baserun YC S23
baserun.ai
Cruise → baserun
Effy Zhang Effy Zhang (Staff Product Designer)
Centaur.ai YC W19
centaur.ai
Cruise → Centaur.ai
Tom Gellatly Tom Gellatly (Engineering Manager: Mapping + Data Labeling)
Craftwork YC S23
craftwork.com
Cruise → Craftwork
Joey Skavroneck Joey Skavroneck (MBA Intern, Deployments)
edgetrace YC W24
edgetrace.ai
Cruise → edgetrace
David Okao David Okao (Senior Software Engineer)
Ferveret YC S21
ferveret.com
Cruise → Ferveret
Reza Azizian Reza Azizian (Senior Thermal Design Engineer)
Gather YC S19
gather.town
Cruise → Gather
Nathan Foss Nathan Foss (AV Software Engineering Intern)

Level 1 - 4 companies

Pingo Ai YC S25
mypingoai.com
Cruise → Openmart → Pingo Ai
Michael Xing Michael Xing (AI Engineering Intern)
Centralize YC S20
usecentralize.com
Cruise → AtoB → Centralize
Rachit Kataria 👨🏽‍🌾 Rachit Kataria 👨🏽‍🌾 (Senior Software Engineer)
Telophase (YC S23) YC S23
telophase.dev
Cruise → AtoB → Telophase (YC S23)
Ethan Blackburn Ethan Blackburn (Engineering Manager)
MathDash YC W24
mathdash.com
Cruise → Gather → MathDash
Akshaj K. Akshaj K. (Software Engineer)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Cruise?

Cruise was founded by Daniel Kan and Kyle Vogt.

Explore More Companies