2x founder

Erika Hairston

AI Product Leader | Co-Founder & CEO, Edlyft (Acquired, YC W20) Forbes 30U30 | Ex-LinkedIn PM | Yale CS

Co-founder

Edlyft· Winter 2020 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @bballerika

2025Senior Product Manager, Custom Agents· Vanta

Founder · since 2018

Company

Vanta

Role

Senior Product Manager, Custom Agents

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Edlyft

Helps enterprises train college CS students on essential job skills

Winter 2020

Experience

Career

Vanta
Senior Product Manager, Custom Agents · 2025 – Present
2025
Edlyft
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO | Head of Product (YC W20) · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019 – 2024
2019
LinkedIn
Associate Product Manager - LinkedIn Learning · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019
2019
LinkedIn
Associate Product Manager · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018 – 2019
2018
Zimela App
Founder
Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018 – 2019
2018
LinkedIn
Associate Product Manager Intern · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017
2017
Facebook
Software Engineering: Android · Menlo Park, CA · 2016
2016
Facebook
Android Development Intern · Menlo Park, CA · 2015
2015
HBO
Digital Products, (Quality Assurance) Intern · Greater New York City Area · 2014
2014

Bio

Erika Hairston is the co-founder & CEO of Edlyft which helps enterprises up-skill college computer science students. Edlyft recently announced acquisition to Onramp and Google leveraging their AI tutor. She graduated from Yale with a BS in Computer Science and African American Studies. Prior to Edlyft, she served as a Product Manager at LinkedIn Learning and interned as an engineer at Facebook.