Question 1

Who is Austin Kennedy?

Accepted Answer

Austin Kennedy is a Founding Engineer at Origami (YC F24), a YC-backed AI startup in San Francisco. He is a self-taught software engineer who graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with a Finance degree from Gies College of Business.

Question 2

What is Origami?

Accepted Answer

Origami is a Y Combinator (Fall 2024) backed startup building AI-powered prospecting and go-to-market automation tools. Austin Kennedy serves as a Founding Engineer, building AI agents and MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers.

Question 3

What does Austin Kennedy build?

Accepted Answer

Austin builds AI agents, MCP servers, and automation tools at Origami. Notable projects include The Nest (an open-source MCP server) and internal AI tools that cut operations time from 20 hours/week to 20 minutes/day.