Trata (YC W25) Is Hiring Founding Engineers (NYC)

Trata, a fresh Y Combinator startup, just dropped a spicy job post saying it’s “killing Bloomberg chat,” the beloved (and pricey) message system tied to the Bloomberg Terminal. They’re hiring founding engineers in NYC to build a network where investors hop on voice calls on demand, then read transcripts later. They brag they’re onboarding 1–2 funds a day and took more money at a higher valuation. The community? Absolutely on fire.

The loudest skeptics mocked the bravado: “Everyone says they’ll kill Bloomberg; everyone becomes a plugin.” Compliance folks piled in, sweating at the idea of recorded hedge fund calls being turned into a library. “This is how you end up on the phone with regulators,” one wrote, invoking fears of material non‑public info and collusion optics. Others demanded names: if they really have “well-known funds,” say who, or it’s vapor. And the NYC-only requirement sparked grumbling—“founding engineer” sounds like all-hours babysitter for Wall Street, but without Wall Street pay.

Yet the hype squad showed up. Traders sick of terminal fees cheered, calling it the “orange keyboard tax killer.” Some framed Trata as Tegus-for-investors (Tegus is a call transcript library for expert interviews), arguing that with consents and guardrails, this could actually work. The memes flew: screenshots of Bloomberg’s orange keys, a sweating compliance Wojak, and “mic’d up portfolio managers” jokes. The verdict: bold plan, massive moat to cross, drama guaranteed. Apply at your own risk—and thrill here.