About
I'm the co-founder and CEO of Clad Labs.
Before Clad, I did machine-learning research on semiconductor-fab time series at a startup later acquired by Tokyo Electron, and studied computer science at Caltech ('23). Outside of work: jazz guitar and basketball (Caltech roster, ESPN).
Press
- TechCrunch Chad: The Brainrot IDE is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake
- Forbes The Top Startups To Watch From Y Combinator's Fall 2025 Batch
- Yahoo Tech Meet 'Chad: The Brainrot IDE' — the product people dismissed as a prank is solving a problem 'nobody's talking about'
- Futurism New development environment for programmers rewards them with brainrot when they prompt the AI
- The Tech Buzz Y Combinator backs 'Chad IDE' that lets devs gamble while coding
Media
- TBPN YC Demo Day with Paul Graham
- Fondo START Pivoting from a 1.5M-user AI ad network to Chad IDE
- Signal Line Building a Brain Rot IDE