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Zac Valles

Zac Valles

Founder, Fort (YC W26)

Co-founderFort logoFort· Winter 2026San Francisco Bay Area
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2025Co-founder· Fort (YC W26)
Founder · since 2025
Company
Fort (YC W26)
Role
CPO, Co-Founder
current
Stage
—
no public source
Raised
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no public source
Based
San Francisco, CA
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work history
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Fort

Strength Tracking Wearable

Winter 2026

Experience

Career

  • Fort (YC W26) logo

    Fort (YC W26)

    Co-founder

    CPO, Co-Founder · San Francisco, CA · 2025 – Present

    2025
  • Tesla logo

    Tesla

    Vehicle Engineering · Palo Alto, CA · 2022 – 2025

    2022
  • SpaceX logo

    SpaceX

    Starlink · 2021

    2021
  • SpaceX logo

    SpaceX

    Propulsion · 2020

    2020
  • Astranis Space Technologies logo

    Astranis Space Technologies

    Structures · 2019

    2019
  • Rivian logo

    Rivian

    Powertrain · 2019

    2019

  • Formula SAE Electric

    Powertrain Lead · 2016 – 2019

    2016
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logo

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Research · 2018

    2018

Bio

CPO at Fort. Former Senior Engineer at Tesla. Owned body and powertrain subsystems for Cybercab and Cybertruck from prototype to production. Previously propulsion and Starlink at SpaceX. Athlete and craftsman.