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48th percentile
YC-backed co-founder and CTO who sold Cognito to Plaid for ~$250M
Credibility
Operator · 74th percentile
- Current co-founder and CTO of Cognito, still listed as an active role on LinkedIn.
- Cognito (originally BlockScore) was a member of a Y Combinator batch, confirmed by TechCrunch.
- Cognito was co-founded with Alain Meier and a third co-founder, as reported by TechCrunch.
Relationship Matrix
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Founder score
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Current co-founder and CTO of Cognito, still listed as an active role on LinkedIn.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Cognito raised $2M in total funding, confirmed by TechCrunch and the company's own public statements.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Cognito was acquired by Plaid in 2022 for approximately $250M.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Cognito was co-founded with Alain Meier and a third co-founder, as reported by TechCrunch.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Cognito (originally BlockScore) was a member of a Y Combinator batch, confirmed by TechCrunch.
What you likely need
You're at a natural inflection point post-Cognito acquisition, where the right rooms can help you decide whether to go deep at Plaid or launch your next venture. Events that reconnect you with your YC network, put you in front of early-stage identity and fraud founders, and give you space to think through your next chapter will be highest-signal. You'd also benefit from gatherings that help you shape your public narrative around capital-efficient building before the Cognito story gets stale.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- introsA YC fintech founder dinner for alumni who've exited or are actively building in identity, fraud, or compliance infrastructure — where your Cognito-to-Plaid story is a genuine conversation anchor
- positioningA roundtable for founders who've had outsized exits on minimal capital (sub-$5M raised, $100M+ outcomes) to swap learnings and pressure-test the narrative around your 18-person, $2M-raised, $250M exit story
- tacticalA Plaid, Stripe, and Brex alumni happy hour for senior technical operators quietly evaluating their next founding move
- introsAn angel investor dinner focused on identity, KYC, and fraud infrastructure deal flow — for operators-turned-investors like you who have deep domain conviction and fresh capital to deploy
- introsA YC alumni office hours session pairing experienced exited founders with early-stage identity and compliance startups actively seeking their first formal advisors
- positioningA build-in-public dinner for technical founders with strong acquisition or IPO outcomes who haven't yet told their story publicly — to workshop what to write and where to publish it first
- wellbeingA small dinner for founders 1–3 years into post-acquisition integration roles at companies like Plaid, Figma, or Stripe — to honestly discuss what's energizing, what's obligation, and how to think about the next chapter