YC创始人去向：105人加入OpenAI或Anthropic，60%担任技术成员

看看YC的创始人在其创业公司被收购或关闭后去了哪里

在2023年的某个非凡周末指导了OpenAI。

先做战略工作，然后转到Google Workspace GenAI。

产品工程师，负责构建Claude的API/SDK和平台

在2026年从创业公司运营转入OpenAI。

搜索评估、RAG和代理AI的技术专家（MTS）

与Tom Brown一起在Anthropic的计算团队工作。

在训练后和对齐方面工作过，然后创办了Linzumi。

杰出工程师，领导机器人技术和下一代消费硬件

领导GPT-3 API和应用AI的技术工作。

Claude代码团队负责人 / 技术员工成员

研究工程师；o1和GPT-4V的核心贡献者

曾经是CEO和CTO的人，现在都是技术员工成员。

按批次年份计算每个YC章节，可以显示这些创始人何时加入。拥有两家YC创业公司的创始人会出现在两个年份中。

创业公司由于各种原因（包括时机）可能失败。探索数据库以找到已经验证过的、准备再次尝试的创意。

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Steered OpenAI for one extraordinary weekend in 2023.

Worked on strategy, then moved to Google Workspace GenAI.

Product engineer building Claude APIs/SDKs & platform

Moved from startup operations into OpenAI in 2026.

MTS on search evals, RAG & agentic AI

Working on Anthropic's compute team with Tom Brown.

Worked on post-training and alignment, then founded Linzumi.

Distinguished Engineer leading robotics & next-gen consumer hardware

Led technical work on the GPT-3 API and Applied AI.

Claude Code TL / Member of Technical Staff

Research Engineer; core contributor to o1 and GPT-4V

Once CEOs & CTOs, everyone is a Member of Technical Staff now.

Counting each YC chapter by batch year shows when these founders came through. A founder with two YC startups appears in both years.

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