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Y Combinator promotes BackType co-founder Christopher Golda and Dependabot co-founder Grey Baker to general partners

They previously served as visiting partners at the accelerator.

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Garry Tan@garrytan#121inTech

So proud to announce Chris and Grey as the newest general partners at Y Combinator

Y Combinator@ycombinator

We're excited to announce Christopher Golda (@golda) and Grey Baker (@greybaker) as YC's newest General Partners!

Chris co-founded BackType (S08), sold it to Twitter, then built their entire ad business from zero to $1B+ in revenue.

Grey co-founded Dependabot, a developer tool a million engineers rely on every single day— and sold it to GitHub. Then he co-founded Pincites (S23), which was acquired by Filevine.

As Visiting Partners, both have already spent multiple batches working closely with founders. Now they're doing it full-time. https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/chris-golda-and-grey-baker-general-partners

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Users congratulated Christopher Golda and Grey Baker on their Y Combinator general partner appointments because they see the selections as massive, well-deserved additions that strengthen YC's network and founder support.

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Jared Friedman@snowmaker

Chris and Grey are the real deal - highly technical builders whose products are used by millions.

Y Combinator@ycombinator

We're excited to announce Christopher Golda (@golda) and Grey Baker (@greybaker) as YC's newest General Partners!

Chris co-founded BackType (S08), sold it to Twitter, then built their entire ad business from zero to $1B+ in revenue.

Grey co-founded Dependabot, a developer tool a million engineers rely on every single day— and sold it to GitHub. Then he co-founded Pincites (S23), which was acquired by Filevine.

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