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id: brief-chase-brignac
title: "Networking Brief — Chase Brignac (YC S22, NASA/Amazon AGI)"
type: brief
status: final
owner: ivan
created: 2026-02-21
updated: 2026-02-21
tags: [hackathon, networking, yc-alumni]
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# Chase Brignac — Networking Brief
**Role:** YC S22 Alumnus (Craze), Currently Stealth
**LinkedIn:** [chase-brignac](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-brignac/)
**Background:** NASA, Apple, Amazon AGI
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## Background
- **NASA** — Worked on MAVEN and Curiosity missions
- **Northrop Grumman** — Defense/aerospace engineering
- **Target / Deliv** — Scaled delivery operations from 0 to 1M deliveries/day
- **Apple** — Engineering role
- **Amazon AGI** — Worked on Amazon's Artificial General Intelligence team
- **Craze** (YC S22) — His YC startup. Consumer social/commerce space.
- **ChatOpenSource** — Open-source AI project he built/contributed to
- **Currently:** Stealth mode — building privacy-first enterprise AI
## Why He Matters To Us
- **Fellow YC founder** — Peer connection, not a pitch target
- **Enterprise AI + privacy** — His focus on enterprise AI could be complementary
- **Incredible technical depth** — NASA + Amazon AGI + Apple = builds at scale
- **Potential collaborator** — If his enterprise AI needs business tooling, we're the layer
## Quick Opener
> "Chase, I'm Ivan from Markster. We're YC S26 applicants — built 28 MCP tools that turn AI conversations into a business OS. Two founders, zero employees. I saw you did Craze in S22. What are you working on now?"
## Conversation Strategy
- **Lead with curiosity about his work** — Don't pitch. Ask.
- **Find the overlap** — His enterprise AI + our business tools could be interesting
- **Share the builder story** — Two founders, zero employees, 41 customers
- **MCP angle** — If he's building enterprise AI, MCP could be a distribution channel for him too
## What NOT To Say
- Don't ask about Craze's outcome directly
- Don't pitch Markster as a product for him — connect as peers
- Don't fanboy over NASA
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_Priority: MEDIUM — Potential collaborator. Genuine peer connection._
