2x founder

Sam Lushtak

CEO @ Palus Finance (YC W26) | Back office delenda est

Co-founder

Palus Finance· Winter 2026 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

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2026Co-founder· Palus Finance

Founder · since 2020

Company

Palus Finance

Role

Co-Founder and CEO

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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Palus Finance

Your startup's financial advisor

Winter 2026

Experience

Career

Palus Finance
Co-founder
Co-Founder and CEO · 2026 – Present
2026
Valorem Reply
Senior Consultant, AI/ML · 2024 – 2026
2024
Movable Ink
Machine Learning Engineer · 2021 – 2023
2021
Dinnertec
Co-founder
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2020 – 2021
2020
Caltech
Carl F. Braun Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow · Pasadena, California, United States · 2020
2020
Goldman Sachs
Software Engineering Summer Associate (Risk Division) · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2020
2020
The Aerospace Corporation
Digital Communications Engineering Intern · El Segundo, CA · 2019
2019

Bio

CEO @ Palus Finance. Used to manage cash for Fortune 500 companies, now I do it for startups. Ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Capital Group. Caltech alum. Sharpe ratio enthusiast.