I've spent the last year thinking about design. The culmination of this is Semiotic, a company that I'm currently building in San Francisco with my two best friends.

Before this, I went to Columbia & then dropped out at 19 to join Y Combinator's F25 batch. I was born in the Bay Area, grew up in Atlanta, and have lived across NYC, Seattle, and SF (where I am today).

My most strongly held belief is that human connection is the only valuable currency.

Brandon Yao