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

Daniel Kan
Daniel Kan
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YC Companies Founded by Cruise Alumni

14 YC-backed companies founded by former Cruise employees

Direct - 11 companies

AtoB YC S20
atob.com
Cruise → AtoB
Vignan Velivela Vignan Velivela (Software Engineer)
Gather YC S19
gather.town
Cruise → Gather
Phillip Wang Phillip Wang (Computer Vision Engineer Intern)
Centaur Labs YC W19
centaur.ai
Cruise → Centaur Labs
Tom Gellatly Tom Gellatly (Engineering Manager: Mapping + Data Labeling)
Aquarium YC S20
aquariumlearning.com
Cruise → Aquarium
Peter Gao Peter Gao (Engineering Manager)
Turntable (YC W23) YC W23
turntable.so
Cruise → Turntable (YC W23)
Justin Leder Justin Leder (Senior Manager, Analytics & Performance)
Unthread YC S22
unthread.io
Cruise → Unthread
Tom Bachant Tom Bachant (Senior Engineering Manager)
Airtrain AI YC S22
airtrain.ai
Cruise → Airtrain AI
Emmanuel Turlay Emmanuel Turlay (Senior Staff Software Engineer)
Revoy YC W22
revoy.com
Cruise → Revoy
Ian Rust Ian Rust (Founding Engineer)
LanceDB (YC W22) YC W22
lancedb.com
Cruise → LanceDB (YC W22)
Lei Xu Lei Xu (Staff Software Engineer)
Ferveret YC S21
ferveret.com
Cruise → Ferveret
Reza Azizian Reza Azizian (Senior Thermal Design Engineer)
baserun YC S23
baserun.ai
Cruise → baserun
Effy Zhang Effy Zhang (Staff Product Designer)

Level 1 - 3 companies

Centralize (YC W24) YC S20
usecentralize.com
Cruise → AtoB → Centralize (YC W24)
Rachit Kataria 👨🏽‍🌾 Rachit Kataria 👨🏽‍🌾 (Tech Lead — Product)
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)

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