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Eitan Borgnia

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COO and Cofounder at Relace
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Eitan Borgnia is the COO and Co-founder of Relace, a YC-backed startup providing infrastructure for AI agents. He left his PhD program at the University of Chicago, where he researched the intersection of machine learning and security, to build the company. His technical focus has helped drive Relace past $1 million ARR.

Eitan identifies as an "academic at heart" and is passionate about building a scrappy, research-driven culture within his startup. He values building with a lean team that is deeply focused on its customers and enjoys the collaborative journey with his co-founder, having navigated over six pivots together.

He and his co-founder dropped out of their PhDs three years ago to learn the startup world from the ground up.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
COO and Cofounder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI Agent Infrastructure
His company, Relace, is building "GitHub for agents, " focusing on tools like semantic search, auto-indexing, and retrieval to support AI agent development.
Applied ML Research
Describes himself as an "academic at heart" and is building a "scrappy research" team at Relace, drawing from his PhD background in machine learning and security.
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Career

Work history

12-2022
COO and Cofounder
Relace
9-2022 - 12-2022
PHD Student
University of Chicago
6-2020 - 9-2022
ML Research Scientist
University of Maryland
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Education
1-2023 - 4-2023
W23
Y Combinator
9-2022 - 11-2022
PhD Student
University of Chicago
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