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AI / ML Founder Directory

Founders building companies in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Francesca LaBianca
@francesca_lab

Building Factory, an AI software development platform.

Founder
8 VCs
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Madeline Park
@madelinehpark

Columbia grad who worked in ML at Uber, then became a scout at Pear VC and Neo Scholar at Neo. Now co-founder and CEO of Vega, building with @benleejamin.

Technical
8 VCs
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Tyson Chen
@thetysonchen

MIT grad and former Product Manager at Nuro, now founder of Avoca AI (YC W23), building AI solutions for the home services industry including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing companies.

FundedTechnicalProductResearch
8 VCs
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Mandy Lu
@mandylu

PhD from Stanford, currently AI researcher at Google working on health and climate applications. Previously worked at Nvidia, Apple, and Time Warner. Now founder in residence at StartX working on a stealth startup while also serving as an AI researcher and FFC Fellow at Pear VC. Professional gambler with expertise in poker, chess, and Magic.

FundedTechnicalResearch
8 VCs

CPU engineer at ARM, then inference chip researcher at ETH Zurich, followed by options pricing at UBS and GPU infrastructure at Meta. Now CEO of Compute Desk, building financial infrastructure for compute traders.

TechnicalResearch
8 VCs
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Vibhu Sapra
@vibhuuuus

AI Engineer at a stealth startup. Previously founded a startup that ran for 8 years before transitioning to his current role in 2022.

Technical
8 VCs
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