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What did Katya Shteyn co-found?
BioRender, the Toronto company whose software scientists use to draw figures for papers and presentations. BioRender's own about page, checked September 2026, says Shiz Aoki partnered with Katya Shteyn and Ryan Marien to start the company in 2017.
What is her role at BioRender?
Co-founder and chief technology officer. The University of Toronto news story of August 21, 2018 described her as BioRender's chief technology officer, and her LinkedIn profile, checked September 2026, still lists her as co-founder and CTO at BioRender working on AI and scientific visuals.
What did she do before BioRender?
She was a software engineer at Dropbox in New York. The University of Toronto news story of August 21, 2018 reports that Aoki met her at a Y Combinator event for female founders and that she left Dropbox to join the company. The same story identifies her as a U of T computer science alumna.
Is BioRender a Y Combinator company?
Yes. Y Combinator's own company page for BioRender, checked September 2026, lists the company in the Winter 2018 batch, places it in Toronto, and names Katya Shteyn as one of three founders alongside Shiz Aoki and Ryan Marien.