Bereket Engida
@bekacru
Creator of Better Auth
Location
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia →
San Francisco, California, United States
Projects
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Better Auth
An open-source, framework-agnostic authentication and authorization framework for TypeScript aimed at letting teams build secure, enterprise-grade auth on their own infrastructure. Widely adopted with a large open-source community.
Source: github.comIn the Spotlight
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Recognitions
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Seed funding
Raised $5M in seed funding from Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, P1 Ventures, and Chapter One.
Source: techcrunch.com2025-06
Y Combinator (YC) acceptance — Spring Batch
Selected to join Y Combinator's spring batch (YC), an accelerator that supported Better Auth's growth and visibility.
Source: ycombinator.com2025
Open-source adoption
Better Auth repository has widespread adoption and community recognition (20k+ stars on GitHub at time of research).
Source: github.comWork Experience
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Founder & CEO
Leading development, product direction, and community growth for Better Auth — an open-source TypeScript authentication framework and enterprise offering.
Source: better-auth.comOpen-source author & maintainer
Author and principal maintainer of multiple developer libraries and tools (better-auth, better-fetch, better-call, loglib). Active contributor and project maintainer on GitHub.
Source: github.comMembership
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Y Combinator (Founder)
Participant in Y Combinator accelerator program, listed on YC company pages and covered in YC-related writeups.
Source: ycombinator.com2025
Open-source community maintainer
Maintainer of widely-used TypeScript libraries and active in developer tooling communities and discussions.
Source: github.comSocials
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