Michael Yan
Co-Founder & CEO at Simplify
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolMichael Yan is a founder and CEO with a decade of software and data science experience, currently leading Simplify out of San Francisco after a stint at Meta and data science work at Coupa. A Stanford CS dropout and Y Combinator alum, he blends research exposure from Stanford, MIT CSAIL, and Harvard Medical School with hands-on startup leadership. He moves between product, engineering, and investor mindsets—also serving as an investor at Lunar Media—bringing both technical depth and market-facing judgement. Known for rapid iteration and scaling early-stage products, he pairs academic curiosity with practical execution. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he’s comfortable translating complex research into usable software and business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorBachelor's – Dropped out Computer Science, Bachelor's – Dropped out Computer Science at Stanford University
Spanish, Chinese, English
Github Skills (85)
computer-science10
fundamentals10
front-end-development10
science10
algorithm10
coding10
algorithms10
c-programming10
dsa10
data-structures10
javascript9
api9
firefox9
testing9
web-development9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
yan-michael/MHS-App
Nov 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 1 month
yan-michael/SWE-Interview-Questions
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 4 pushes in 2 months
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