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Plato

Plato is the mentorship platform for engineering leaders

Y CombinatorWinter 2016AcquiredB2BProductivity

What they do

Problem

Engineering and product managers often lack timely, expert guidance to handle complex leadership and management challenges.

Solution

Plato provides a mentorship platform offering real-time 1:1 video sessions, AMAs, and guidance from experienced technical leaders to develop better engineering leadership.

Who it's for

Engineering and product managers at companies who want to improve their leadership skills.

Founders

Quang Hoang
Founder/CEO

2X YC Founder || CEO/Cofounder of Vybe (X25) || ex-CEO/Cofounder of Plato (W16, acquired by Coda) At Plato, we were building a mentorship platform for engineering leaders. - We grew to 5M of ARR selling to CTOs/VPs of Engineering - We worked with notable customers like Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, Slack, Twilio, etc. - We grew a community of 30k+ engineering leaders - We raised $23M in total with Slack, Fundersclub, S28 Capital, SaaSTR Fund, etc. and got to a team of 70 people

Jean-Baptiste Coger
Founder/CPO

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