Pointhound (YC S23) — Earn and redeem credit card points for free flights
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Pointhound is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Earn and redeem credit card points for free flights. The founders listed are Jay Reno (Founder/CEO), Jake Malone (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 11, 2023).
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Pointhound makes it easy to earn and redeem your credit card points for free flights.
We're driven by our mission to make the world more accessible through travel.
Pointhound lists 1 open role on its directory entry.
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Jay Reno
Founder/CEO
Jay is the co-founder and CEO of Pointhound (S23) and previously founder and CEO of Feather (S17), a furniture rental company for living light. Feather raised $76m from Kleiner Perkins, Bain Capital Ventures, NEA, Spark, Cobalt, SV Angel and others and was acquired in 2022.
Jay is also a Co-founder & Partner at Spot VC, backing exceptional YC founders.
Jake Malone
Founder
I love to build great software and great engineering teams.
Co-founder and CTO of Pointhound (S23) and previously CTO of Feather (S17), a furniture rental company that raised $76m and was acquired in 2022.
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