# Stoa

[Stoa on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/stoa)

Startup · 3 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.stoaexchange.com/)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stoa-d396)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stoa)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stoamarkets/)
- [X](https://x.com/stoaexchange)

## About

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## YC company profile

The market behind AI hardware.

Stoa provides pricing and trading infrastructure for AI hardware, live with an RFQ marketplace where companies buy and sell GPUs through vetted dealers real-time.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 3
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Fintech
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Fintech, Hardware, Marketplace, Infrastructure, AI
- **YC partner:** Jon Xu

## Founders

### Berat Celik — Founder/CEO

CEO of Stoa. Repeat founder who walked away from xAI to build Stoa. UBC, computer science and economics; Cornell M.Eng., computer science.

[LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/beratcelik1) · [X](https://x.com/beratcelik0)

### Eren Berke Saglam — Founder/CFO

CFO of Stoa. Traded interest rates derivatives at Citi. Dartmouth salutatorian, computer science and economics.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eren-berke-saglam) · [X](https://x.com/erenberke0)

### Kaan Yigit — Founder/CTO

CTO of Stoa. Worked as a quantitative developer at Uniper, building the trading systems behind financial oil and gas books. UIUC, computer science.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaan-yigit/) · [X](https://x.com/kaan_yigit0)

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

## Current staff

- [Berat Celik](https://hacklab.so/berat-celik) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Eren Berke Saglam](https://hacklab.so/eren-berke-saglam) — Founder/CFO (Present)
- [Kaan Yigit](https://hacklab.so/kaan-yigit) — Founder/CTO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Chief of Staff](https://hacklab.so/jobs/ec32e60e-8d80-5c12-afe3-474bd97f33d1) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Francisco, CA, US · $90K \- $170K · 0\.10% \- 0\.50% equity
- [Marketing](https://hacklab.so/jobs/9a44d2f0-b69c-5e90-b40f-68d4dc81cb58) — Full\-time · Remote · San Francisco, CA, US / Remote · $80K \- $135K · 0\.10% \- 0\.50% equity
- [Member of Technical Staff](https://hacklab.so/jobs/0c3de78c-c6d3-5c45-9bb2-ab9f31c7c3fb) — Full\-time · Remote · San Francisco, CA, US / Remote · $120K \- $300K · 0\.10% \- 2\.00% equity
- [Trader, Compute Markets](https://hacklab.so/jobs/0995396f-2496-5d81-beba-7d635e4908bf) — Full\-time · Remote · San Francisco, CA, US / Remote · $100K \- $200K · 0\.10% \- 2\.00% equity