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

Emmett Shear
Emmett Shear
Researching organic alignment
 Michael Seibel
Michael Seibel
Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator

YC Companies Founded by Twitch Alumni

18 YC-backed companies founded by former Twitch employees

Direct - 7 companies

Atrium YC W18
atrium.co
Twitch → Atrium
Justin Kan Justin Kan (Founder)
Cruise Automation YC W14
getcruise.com
Twitch → Cruise Automation
Kyle Vogt Kyle Vogt (Co-Founder)
Gather YC S19
gather.town
Twitch → Gather
Alex Chen Alex Chen (Software Engineer, Intern)
Jam.gg YC S20
jam.gg
Twitch → Jam.gg
Benjamin Devienne Benjamin Devienne (Head of Research)
ZeroCater
zerocater.com
Twitch → ZeroCater
Arram Sabeti Arram Sabeti (Office Operations)
Ecliptor (YC W24) YC W24
ecliptor.ai
Twitch → Ecliptor (YC W24)
Andre Fu Andre Fu (Machine Learning Engineer)
Firebender YC W25
firebender.com
Twitch → Firebender
Aman Gottumukkala Aman Gottumukkala (Software Engineer)

Level 1 - 11 companies

AtoB YC S20
atob.com
Twitch → Cruise Automation → AtoB
Vignan Velivela Vignan Velivela (Software Engineer)
Centaur Labs YC W19
centaur.ai
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Centaur Labs
Tom Gellatly Tom Gellatly (Engineering Manager: Mapping + Data Labeling)
Aquarium YC S20
aquariumlearning.com
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Aquarium
Peter Gao Peter Gao (Engineering Manager)
Turntable (YC W23) YC W23
turntable.so
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Turntable (YC W23)
Justin Leder Justin Leder (Senior Manager, Analytics & Performance)
Unthread YC S22
unthread.io
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Unthread
Tom Bachant Tom Bachant (Senior Engineering Manager)
Airtrain AI YC S22
airtrain.ai
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Airtrain AI
Emmanuel Turlay Emmanuel Turlay (Senior Staff Software Engineer)
Revoy YC W22
revoy.com
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Revoy
Ian Rust Ian Rust (Founding Engineer)
LanceDB (YC W22) YC W22
lancedb.com
Twitch → Cruise Automation → LanceDB (YC W22)
Lei Xu Lei Xu (Staff Software Engineer)
Ferveret YC S21
ferveret.com
Twitch → Cruise Automation → Ferveret
Reza Azizian Reza Azizian (Senior Thermal Design Engineer)
baserun YC S23
baserun.ai
Twitch → Cruise Automation → baserun
Effy Zhang Effy Zhang (Staff Product Designer)
MathDash YC W24
mathdash.com
Twitch → Gather → MathDash
Akshaj K. Akshaj K. (Software Engineer)

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