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Flight search engine using credit card points and miles

Summer 2023Founded 20232 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

About

Roame is flight search engine design for credit card points and miles. We help travelers redeem their points for dream vacations in seconds rather than days. At Roame, we are on a mission to revolutionize travel and consumer finance. We stand at the intersection of travel tech and fintech.

Founders · 2

Tim Qin
Tim QinFounder
HarvardColumbia🎓 Columbia University

Tim is the co-founder & CEO of Roame (S23). Over the last few years, he has invested billions of dollars in internet travel and financial services companies while working at UBS Asset Management, Fidelity, and Affiliated Managers Group. Tim started his career as an engineer at Lockheed Martin. Tim received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Operations Engineering from Columbia University. For investment inquiries: tim@roame.travel

Zi Liu
Zi LiuFounder
AirbnbDartmouth

Zi (CTO) ran all of Airbnb’s encryption services, creating and managing billions of cryptographic requests from payments vaulting to healthcare data. He started his career in Machine Vision AI processing at the Department of Defense in Oak Ridge. Zi studied computer science at Dartmouth.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Jun 2023
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Maximize the value of your credit card points and miles with the best-in-class award travel search engine

Roame launches as an award flight search engine that supports 12 airline programs and partners, aiming to help users maximize value from credit card points and miles. It claims to deliver results in seconds and enables multi-airport searches to optimize flights and redemptions beyond basic point-to-cent value.

From the original launch (Jun 2023) — may be outdated.

ConsumerTravel, Leisure and TourismArtificial IntelligenceSaaSTravelAirlinesConsumer Finance

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