Rafael Garcia
Co-Founder at Kernel
📍 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Rafael Garcia is the Co-Founder of Kernel, a company building browser agents for developers. A Harvard University graduate, he began his career as an algorithmic trader before co-founding Clever Inc. , where he served as CTO. He is a two-time Y Combinator alumnus with deep experience in building and scaling technology platforms.
After first participating in Y Combinator at age 24 with his first company, he returned to the accelerator 13 years later with his second startup, Kernel.
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16 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Personality Overview
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Priorities
Topics Rafael cares about
Developer Tooling
Co-founded two companies, Clever and Kernel, focused on creating powerful, opinionated tools that empower small engineering teams.
Performance Optimization
Draws on his background as a high-frequency trader to obsessively benchmark and relentlessly optimize product speed and efficiency.
Career
Work history
3-2025
Co-Founder
Kernel
1-2023 - 1-2025
Advisor
Clever Inc.
3-2012 - 2-2023
Co-Founder and CTO
Clever Inc.
6-2009 - 3-2012
Algorithmic Trader
Jump Trading, LLC
In the press
Media appearances
Kernel AI Browser Startup - $22M in Funding. Featured in Cincinnati Business Courier (BizJournals)
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Education
2005 - 2009
AB
Harvard University
Social presence
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