At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
至少有 105 位 YC 前创始人曾在 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 工作过
Deep Research Presented by Startups.RIP. Life after the startup: See where YC founders go after their startup is acquired or shut down. Explore 1,841 startup post-mortems. 由 Startups.RIP 呈现的深度研究。创业后的生活：看看 YC 创始人在公司被收购或关闭后的去向。探索 1,841 个创业公司失败案例分析。
Where are YC founders now? Each ribbon is one founder’s journey. Hover over to see what they built and where they went. Did we get something wrong? Who they are & what they built. Last updated: July 14, 2026. Did we miss you? Add yourself! YC 创始人现在在哪里？每一条色带代表一位创始人的职业轨迹。悬停鼠标即可查看他们曾创立的项目及其去向。我们有疏漏吗？他们是谁以及他们创立了什么。最后更新：2026 年 7 月 14 日。我们漏掉你了？快来添加自己！
Swipe to explore the table: YC founders who later joined OpenAI or Anthropic. Sortable by every column. Activate a column header to sort; activate it again to reverse the direction. 滑动以浏览表格：后来加入 OpenAI 或 Anthropic 的 YC 创始人。支持按每一列排序。点击列标题进行排序；再次点击可反转排序方向。
(Table Data Summary: The list includes notable figures such as Sam Altman (Loopt), Emmett Shear (Twitch), and Tom Blomfield (Monzo), detailing their YC batch, current/former status at OpenAI or Anthropic, and their specific roles.) （表格数据摘要：名单包括 Sam Altman (Loopt)、Emmett Shear (Twitch) 和 Tom Blomfield (Monzo) 等知名人士，详细列出了他们的 YC 批次、在 OpenAI 或 Anthropic 的现任/前任身份及其具体职位。）
Showing 20 of 105 founders. See more. 显示 105 位创始人中的前 20 位。查看更多。
Roles Then & Now: The Times They Are A-Changin’. OpenAI & Anthropic: Once CEOs & CTOs, everyone is a Member of Technical Staff now. 职位变迁：时代在变。OpenAI 和 Anthropic：曾经的 CEO 和 CTO，现在都成了技术人员（Member of Technical Staff）。
Member of Technical Staff: 63 (60%); Other / undisclosed: 11 (10%); Research & Safety: 10 (10%); Go-to-Market & Partnerships: 8 (8%); Leadership: 7 (7%); Data, Product & Design: 6 (6%). 技术人员：63 人 (60%)；其他/未披露：11 人 (10%)；研究与安全：10 人 (10%)；市场推广与合作：8 人 (8%)；领导层：7 人 (7%)；数据、产品与设计：6 人 (6%)。
YC batches: Which batches fed the labs? Counting each YC chapter by batch year shows when these founders came through. A founder with two YC startups appears in both years. YC 批次：哪些批次为这些实验室输送了人才？按批次年份统计每个 YC 章节，展示了这些创始人加入的时间。拥有两家 YC 创业公司的创始人会在两个年份中均有体现。
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