Founder + Technologist

Designing experiments for the future internet

Building software, institutions, and cultural experiments. Currently Chief Commercial Officer at Drips Network and making independent things on the side.

Kat Young
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A bit about me

I'm an independent technologist and founder exploring what the internet can be. I've spent my career shipping products across crypto, music tech, and the creator economy — at places like Zora, Gitcoin, Ableton, and SoundCloud.

I'm currently building and stewarding independent ventures — software, foundations, and cultural experiments — shaped by curiosity, taste, and long-term thinking. I care about the hidden corners of the internet, not just the obvious ones.

$425K
Raised for Gaza aid
$1M+
Creator earnings at Zora
  • Product Leadership & Shipping
  • 0 → 1 Building & Experiments
  • Creator Economy & Monetization
  • Music, Fashion, & Internet Culture
  • Funding Mechanisms & Governance

Where I've been

Now Head of Product Drips Network
2024–25 Head of Product Gitcoin
2022–24 Head of Product Zora
2020–22 Product Lead BCG Digital Ventures
2018–19 Senior PM Ableton
Earlier PM / Technical Account Manager SoundCloud

Sharing knowledge

  • NYU Berlin Lecturer on funding mechanisms
  • Gaza Sky Geeks Product & startup funding mentor
  • Funding the Commons Cryptonative funding & public goods
  • ETHBerlin Decentralized governance & capital allocation
  • Art Basel Creator economies & digital art
  • Amsterdam Dance Event Digital economies & technology

Things I've built

Side Project

Marginalia

A private outfit diary app to help you develop your personal style. Currently building.

Founder Consumer Fashion
Side Project

closecontact.club

Privacy-first Covid-19 check-in app deployed across 10+ venues during the pandemic.

Public Health Privacy
Humanitarian

Gaza Emergency Evacuations

Built a humanitarian support platform that raised funds for emergency evacuations from Gaza.

$425K
Raised
Community

Salt + Sass

Event series & podcast supporting women in music technology.

Events Podcast Community

Let's work together

I'm open to interesting conversations — collaborations, speaking, or just swapping ideas about what the internet could become.