# Greg Volynsky

> Greg Volynsky is co-founder and CEO of Zoa Research, a New York forecasting company in Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch. A Carnegie Mellon graduate in behavioral economics, policy and organization and a Harvard Law School graduate, he has worked on student engineering projects, policy initiatives and legal commentary. His public interests include political history, artificial intelligence, Soviet bard music and climbing.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Zoa Research
- **Organizations:** Zoa Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard Law School, OnLabor
- **Education:** Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Bergen County Academies, Degree in behavioral economics, policy and organization, Carnegie Mellon University, JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Zoa Research, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company., Graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude, as listed in his public LinkedIn education entry., Named among Constituting America’s 2016 entrepreneurship winners.

## Career timeline

- **High school; exact project dates unspecified** — Developed the ProVid Productions mock business plan and an Aqua Monitoring System prototype; coached children at Bergen County Debate Camp.
- **2016** — Recognized by Constituting America as a best entrepreneurship winner for the cohort; profile describes his Politiscope News policy aggregation project.
- **2017** — Served as freshman representative on Carnegie Mellon’s Student Body Government Cabinet and promoted the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship; met future co-founder Sam Damashek.
- **2020** — Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.
- **2021** — CMU reported research work for the Pennsylvania Prison Society and work for the Japanese consulate; began Harvard Law School that fall.
- **2023–2024** — Contributed legal news and commentary to OnLabor.
- **2024** — Completed Harvard Law School; Zoa’s YC directory records 2024 as its founding year and Summer 2024 as its batch.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Zoa Research, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company.
- Graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude, as listed in his public LinkedIn education entry.
- Named among Constituting America’s 2016 entrepreneurship winners.
- Published legal commentary with OnLabor.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — The Jewish Standard named Volynsky among attendees of the Excelerate26 Summit in New York.

## Links

- Website: https://gregvolynsky.wixsite.com/about
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-volynsky

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Last updated: 2026-10-15