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Harj Taggar

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Harj Taggar is a Managing Partner at Y Combinator, a position he has held since January 2023. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Triplebyte, a technical hiring platform, and co-founded Auctomatic, an online seller platform acquired by Live Current Media in 2008. He is also a co-founder of the venture capital firm Initialized Capital alongside Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian. Over his career at Y Combinator, he has advised more than 1,000 companies across 17 batches.

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mention·The VC Corner·AUGUST 18, 2026

Harj Taggar, who built Triplebyte and observed thousands of early-stage engineering hires from the inside, is unequivocal about the sourcing hierarchy. Personal network first, by a margin that makes every other channel feel secondary.

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