Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Amanda

Amanda is CEO and Co-Founder of Unseen AI. Her experience is physics and signal processing, applied to develop purpose-built multi-channel acoustic devices found on autonomous cars by GM and Zoox. Prior to AVs and consumer electronics, her focus was simulation for architectural acoustics. Projects included shape/finish optimization of 36 recording studios for Warner Music Group, 16 Apple Stores, the Apple Campus.

Ben

Co-founder & CTO of Mesa. Prev: YC S24, Census, Microsoft

Deanna

Deanna leads Customer Marketing at Writer. Previously, she was head of Product Marketing at Stripe and VP of Marketing at Wealthfront.

Andrew

Andrew is a Research Scientist at TikTok focused on AI and music. Previously held roles at Scale AI and The Data Institute, and founded MusicAutobot to explore generative music. Former South Park Commons deep learning researcher with a background in ML infrastructure and creative AI.

Erin

Erin Cafaro is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing, winning with the U.S. women’s eight team at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games. She is one of the most decorated rowers in U.S. history.

Kun

Serial Entrepreneur, Autonomy Enthusiast, autonomous driving and robotics background.

Apurv

Apurv Mehra is a Computer Engineer and Researcher. Past Microsoft Research and IIITD

Adam

I'm excited about manufacturing (CAD, robotics, etc), and new ways of building backend services. Previously at Facebook, Oculus, and a startup building radiology software. Lives with my wife and 3 kids in Piedmont, CA.

Nagasrikanth

Founder in Robotics & ML. Built Explorer AI, a large-scale mapping platform for autonomous vehicles (acquired by Standard Cognition). On a mission to bring robots 🤖 into everyday life. CMU alum & yoga teacher 🧘🏻‍♂️.

Mohak

CEO of Atlys, building a modern platform to simplify global travel documentation. Previously a software engineer at Pinterest, where he spent over three years scaling consumer products. Studied computer science at Carnegie Mellon and is passionate about seamless, tech-enabled travel experiences.