Phillip Yan
Founder/CEOCEO at Maingen (S26). Prev. 0x, power trading, Scale AI, Coinbase (YC S12). Shipped exchange infra powering $150M+ TPV
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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Business
Maingen
Overview
Maingen builds simulations for industrial operations ($5 trillion slice of the US economy) so frontier labs can train models that actually run power plants, factories, and datacenters.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
Founders & team
Previously Maingen AI, Maingen, Maingen AI
Company history As recorded 2026-11-08
David Yang
Founder/CTOCTO of Maingen (S26). Prev. Idler (S25), Scale AI, Reticular (F24), and Amazon. Cited by Anthropic for ICLR2025 mech-interp paper.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15
Founded 2026 · Source
News & product activity
Cohort membership
Summer 2026Summer 2026
Original evidence ↗Sources & observations
Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented
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- Product overviewSource description Checked 2026-11-11
- Product visualsNot documented
- Founders & originsTeam information
- Business model & pricingNot documented
- Funding & ownershipNot documented
- Dated milestonesDated source activity: 2026 Q3 (quarter only)
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