# David Shijoon Bae

> David Shijoon Bae is the co-founder and CEO of FlowManual, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 construction software company he started with Harvard roommate Michael Lin. Previously a mechanical-engineering student at Harvard, Bae studied creative writing at Orange County School of the Arts, served as California Association of Student Councils state president and co-founded FilmEnvisioned.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at FlowManual
- **Organizations:** FlowManual, California Association of Student Councils, FilmEnvisioned
- **Education:** Creative writing conservatory; secondary education, Orange County School of the Arts, Studied mechanical engineering; left to build FlowManual, Harvard University, Summer 2026 accelerator batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** 2024 Congressional Award Gold Medalist., 2024 Bank of America Student Leader, one of four Orange County students selected., 2025 Coca-Cola Scholars semifinalist.

## Career timeline

- **2022-2025** — Co-founder and teacher at FilmEnvisioned (March 2022-June 2025, self-reported).
- **2023** — Named speaker for a financial-literacy proposal to the California State Board of Education.
- **2024-2025** — State president of the California Association of Student Councils.
- **2024** — Selected for Bank of America Student Leaders; recognized as a Congressional Award Gold Medalist; organized fundraising with Timothy Okajima for at our crossroads.
- **2026** — Co-founded FlowManual with Michael Lin; joined Y Combinator Summer 2026.

## Achievements

- 2024 Congressional Award Gold Medalist.
- 2024 Bank of America Student Leader, one of four Orange County students selected.
- 2025 Coca-Cola Scholars semifinalist.
- Burger King Scholar (April 2025, listed on LinkedIn).
- Equitable Excellence Scholar (March 2025, listed on LinkedIn).
- Reported raising $500,000 with Y Combinator a month after starting to build FlowManual.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced FlowManual’s YC launch and claimed savings of up to 30 minutes per hour on repetitive manual work; this is a founder-reported performance claim.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shijoonbae

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Last updated: 2026-10-11