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- Dylan Allen-Arnegård@dylan_aFounder/CEO · CheersS24B2B · San Francisco
- Richard Wu@heyrichardwuFounder · SimmerW19Consumer · San Francisco
- Vaibhav VermaFounder · SimmerW19Consumer · San Francisco
- Paul ChouFounder/CEO · OpezS11Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Dylan Allen-ArnegårdCheersFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/dylan_aRichard WuSimmerFounderWinter 2019ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/heyrichardwuVaibhav VermaSimmerFounderWinter 2019ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—Paul ChouOpezFounder/CEOSummer 2011ConsumerNew York, United States11—
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Dylan Allen-Arnegård
Founder/CEO·Cheers
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Dylan is the CEO & Co-Founder of Cheers. Dylan previously helped build Azure Linux at Microsoft, and interned as a product manager and software engineer at Podium (YC W16), and Weave (YC W14). Before getting his degree in Computer Science from BYU, he spent more than 5 years in different frontline roles across Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Argentina.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
CheersWin local search on ChatGPT & other LLMs
