Jared Friedman

Jared Friedman is a Managing Director, Software, and Group Partner at Y Combinator, where he has worked full-time since October 2015. He co-founded Scribd in 2006 and served as its CTO, helping grow it into one of the top 100 websites globally before joining YC. At Y Combinator, he advises early-stage companies and has worked with more than 20 YC unicorns across hard tech, biotech, and other sectors. He studied computer science and economics at Harvard University.