Minghao Tan

Factory-direct China sourcing for US importers · Co-founder & CTO of Donkey · Backed by Y Combinator (S26)

Co-founder

Donkey· Summer 2026 San Francisco Bay Area

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2025Co-founder· Donkey (YC S26)

Founder · since 2025

Company

Donkey (YC S26)

Role

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

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

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Donkey

The AI-native trading company: China factory-direct for US importers

Summer 2026

Experience

Career

Donkey (YC S26)
Co-founder
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
InstaLILY AI
Software Engineer Intern · New York, United States · 2025 – 2026
2025
Pomerleau
Research And Development Intern · Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada · 2024
2024
University of Toronto Aerospace Team
Software Engineer · Toronto · 2022 – 2024
2022
Dr X Academy of Robotics and Coding
Robotics Instructor · 2020 – 2022
2020

Bio

Co-founder & CTO. Donkey buys factory-direct in China and sells delivered to US importers. Customs records are public. We read them, flag the trading company markup, and quote the same parts straight from the factory that makes them. QC on the floor before the factory gets paid. I build the data side: parsing raw customs filings, separating real factories from shells and forwarders, and the software the whole trade runs on. donkey.trade