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Pennant launch: what they're building and where to launch next

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What they're building

The World Model for Corporate Governance

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Fintech
Team size
2
Based
New York City, NY, USA

Founders

getpennant.ai ↗

See their funding details ↗

Pennant on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Led by former institutional proxy voters and technologists with a collective 20+ years of experience, Pennant gives institutional investors, public companies, and corporate advisors voting and governance intelligence to act on their own principles at scale. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Pennant gives institutional investors - and the companies and advisors they engage with - voting and governance intelligence to act on their own principles at scale." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Ryan Nowicki Stewart, Founder/CEO: Co-Founder at Pennant. 10+ years asset management, proxy voting & shareholder activism industry experience across PJT, State Street and BlackRock. Palantir Startup Fellowship Cohort 002. Cornell U. Economic Club of NY. Hoover Institution. (source)
  • Tomas Taylor, Founder/CTO: Co-Founder at Pennant. Previously PM at BlackRock. Founded Mindware, an agent tooling infrastructure startup, before MCP. Also co-founded ClawCon, the fastest-growing community for Personal AI. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch Pennant

  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • ProductLed ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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