Instacart

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

Anurag Mehta
Anurag Mehta
Head of Corporate Development, Verily (an Alphabet Company)

YC Companies Founded by Instacart Alumni

14 YC-backed companies founded by former Instacart employees

Direct - 9 companies

CaptivateIQ YC W18
captivateiq.com
Instacart → CaptivateIQ
Jessica Canlas Jessica Canlas (People Operations)
Airtrain AI YC S22
airtrain.ai
Instacart → Airtrain AI
Emmanuel Turlay Emmanuel Turlay (Technical Lead Manager)
Mercator
dubo.gg
Instacart → Mercator
Dayton Thorpe Dayton Thorpe (Data Scientist)
SafeButler Inc. YC S17
safebutler.com
Instacart → SafeButler Inc.
Vincent Wei Vincent Wei (Engineering)
Talentdrop YC S21
talentdrop.com
Instacart → Talentdrop
Madeleine Nguyen Madeleine Nguyen (Technical Recruiter)
Spine AI YC F24
getspine.ai
Instacart → Spine AI
Ashwin V. Raman Ashwin V. Raman (Senior Software Engineer)
PopSQL YC S19
popsql.com
Instacart → PopSQL
Quentin Rousseau Quentin Rousseau (Senior Software Engineer)
Rootly YC S21
rootly.com
Instacart → Rootly
Quentin Rousseau Quentin Rousseau (Senior Reliability Engineer)
OpenAI YC W23
openai.com
Instacart → OpenAI
Fidji Simo Fidji Simo (Chief Executive Officer)

Level 1 - 5 companies

Living Carbon YC W20
livingcarbon.com
Instacart → OpenAI → Living Carbon
Maddie Hall Maddie Hall (Special Projects)
Daedalus YC W20
daedalus.de
Instacart → OpenAI → Daedalus
Jonas Schneider Jonas Schneider (Tech Lead)
SciFounders
scifounders.com
Instacart → OpenAI → SciFounders
Matt Krisiloff Matt Krisiloff (Founding Team Member)
Stormy YC S25
stormy.ai
Instacart → OpenAI → Stormy
Arseny Stefanov Arseny Stefanov (AGI Catalyst)
SafetyKit
safetykit.com
Instacart → OpenAI → SafetyKit
Alex Rosenblatt Alex Rosenblatt (Language Model Adversarial Tester)

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Who founded Instacart?

Instacart was founded by Anurag Mehta.

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