# Pennant

[Pennant on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/pennant)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.getpennant.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pennant)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pennant-ai)
- [X](https://x.com/pennant_ai)

## About

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## YC company profile

The World Model for Corporate Governance

Led by former institutional proxy voters and technologists with a collective 20+ years of experience, Pennant gives institutional investors, public companies, and corporate advisors voting and governance intelligence to act on their own principles at scale.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** New York City, NY
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Fintech
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Fintech, Investing, AI
- **YC partner:** Brad Flora

## Founders

### Ryan Nowicki Stewart — Founder/CEO

Co-Founder at Pennant. 10+ years asset management, proxy voting & shareholder activism industry experience across PJT, State Street and BlackRock. Palantir Startup Fellowship Cohort 002. Cornell U. Economic Club of NY. Hoover Institution.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-nowicki-stewart/) · [X](https://x.com/rywicks)

### Tomas Taylor — Founder/CTO

Co-Founder at Pennant. Previously PM at BlackRock. Founded Mindware, an agent tooling infrastructure startup, before MCP. Also co-founded ClawCon, the fastest-growing community for Personal AI.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomastaylor) · [X](https://x.com/0xtotaylor)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pennant) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Ryan Nowicki Stewart](https://hacklab.so/ryan-nowicki-stewart) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Tomas Taylor](https://hacklab.so/tomas-taylor) — Founder/CTO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Founding Engineer, Product](https://hacklab.so/jobs/faa1e13b-d61b-5111-98c9-9c9d1f28474d) — Full\-time · On\-site · New York, NY, US · $150K \- $250K · 0\.25% \- 1\.50% equity
- [Founding Engineer, Data & AI](https://hacklab.so/jobs/674b241c-ff1b-57ef-92df-b812713d68ad) — Full\-time · On\-site · New York, NY, US · $150K \- $250K · 0\.25% \- 1\.50% equity