Michael Zhou
Founder of Codag, The AI gateway for cheaper, faster, permissioned agents.
Company
Michael Zhou is listed as a founder of Codag. Codag compresses tool call outputs before agents read them, which reduces token spend by 20-30% while retaining output accuracy. Govern and see analytics on agent dollars across all model providers and internal agents.
Founder traction evidence
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- LinkedIn
Codag founder YC S26 announcement
Michael Zhou announced Codag is joining Y Combinator S26 and named Codag.
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we’re launching Codag (@ycombinator S26) - the compression and control layer for agent tools.
we’re launching Codag (@ycombinator S26) - the compression and control layer for agent tools. we started with logs. then customers pulled us into searches, tests, builds, and api responses. the pattern was always the same: agents burning context on repetitive output, with teams
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I got into @ycombinator S26! The past 6 months have felt like 2 years: - Turned down 7-figure new grad offers at top companies - Bootstrapped until my bank account hit zero - Pivoted 5 times, and did door-to-door sales for a couple of months - Joined @zfellows and flew out
I got into @ycombinator S26! The past 6 months have felt like 2 years: - Turned down 7-figure new grad offers at top companies - Bootstrapped until my bank account hit zero - Pivoted 5 times, and did door-to-door sales for a couple of months - Joined @zfellows and flew out
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bro took it upon himself and "went ahead" to make AI branded sites with my domain and logo on every other social media LMAO HELP
bro took it upon himself and "went ahead" to make AI branded sites with my domain and logo on every other social media LMAO HELP
- LinkedIn
Codag enterprise AI launch post
Michael Zhou wrote about Codag and linked Codag-owned GitHub and Product Hunt assets.
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finally told my mom (indirectly through my sister) about why I haven’t come home yet - she asked in cantonese, “what does AI mean?”
finally told my mom (indirectly through my sister) about why I haven’t come home yet - she asked in cantonese, “what does AI mean?”
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@ycombinator @zfellows We are open source here check it out: https://t.co/hAH1jhrQu0
@ycombinator @zfellows We are open source here check it out: https://t.co/hAH1jhrQu0
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The Ex-CEO of Github just dropped a $60M seeded product today at https://t.co/qEHLaRC6hj, that overlaps with my product.
The Ex-CEO of Github just dropped a $60M seeded product today at https://t.co/qEHLaRC6hj, that overlaps with my product. This has been the strongest validation yet. I live for competition, watch me fight.