Stripe

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

Patrick Collison
Patrick Collison
Stripe CEO
 John Collison
John Collison
President at Stripe

YC Companies Founded by Stripe Alumni

11 YC-backed companies founded by former Stripe employees

Direct - 7 companies

Daedalus YC W20
daedalus.de
Stripe → Daedalus
Jonas Schneider Jonas Schneider (Software Engineering Intern)
Rainbow YC S19
rainbow.me
Stripe → Rainbow
Christian Baroni Christian Baroni (Product Designer)
Cocoon YC W19
cocoon.com
Stripe → Cocoon
Lauren Dai Lauren Dai (Business Development)
Accord YC W20
inaccord.com
Stripe → Accord
Ross Rich Ross Rich (Global Platforms, Enterprise Partnerships Lead)
OpenAI YC W23
openai.com
Stripe → OpenAI
Greg Brockman Greg Brockman (CTO)
Corgi Labs YC W23
corgilabs.ai
Stripe → Corgi Labs
Saif Farooqui Saif Farooqui (Data Scientist)
Turntable (YC W23) YC W23
turntable.so
Stripe → Turntable (YC W23)
Ian Tracey Ian Tracey (Tech Lead / Engineering)

Level 1 - 4 companies

Living Carbon YC W20
livingcarbon.com
Stripe → OpenAI → Living Carbon
Maddie Hall Maddie Hall (Special Projects)
SciFounders
scifounders.com
Stripe → OpenAI → SciFounders
Matt Krisiloff Matt Krisiloff (Founding Team Member)
Stormy YC S25
stormy.ai
Stripe → OpenAI → Stormy
Arseny Stefanov Arseny Stefanov (AGI Catalyst)
SafetyKit YC S23
safetykit.com
Stripe → OpenAI → SafetyKit
Alex Rosenblatt Alex Rosenblatt (Language Model Adversarial Tester)

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