Palantir alum and founder
Alex Goddijn
Founder, stealth startup (previously co-founder and CTO of Yak Labs) at Yak Labs (Kay)
Co-founder and CTO of Yak Labs, building Kay with brother Seb Goddijn. Previously co-founded Fern Labs with two other Palantir alumni; Poolside acquired it in 2025.
Goddijn was an engineer at Palantir. With Palantir colleagues Ash Edwards and Taylor Young, Goddijn co-founded Fern Labs in London, which built multi-agent orchestration for regulated industries, raised a $3M pre-seed from Air Street Capital in February 2025 and was bought by Poolside in November 2025. Goddijn then started Yak Labs with brother Seb to build Kay.
At Palantir
- Engineer
- 2020 to 2024
Career
- Earlier: Palantir, engineer
- 2025-02: Fern Labs, co-founder, out of stealth
- 2025-11: Fern Labs acquired by Poolside
- 2026: Yak Labs, co-founder and CTO