Our Founders

The Premier AI Founder Network

259 founders. 83% repeat founders. 32% with prior exits. Meet some of the exceptional people in the Inception community.

$2.25B+

Previously Raised

83%

Repeat Founders

32%

Prior Exits

15+

Years Avg Experience

Meet Some of Our Founders

Nick Desai

Nick Desai

Rmix · 5x Founder & CEO

MS EE UCLA. 5x VC-funded founder/CEO (Together, Heal). Gen-AI and ML obsessed. Speaker and author. 2 exits.

$300M raised (Breyer Capital, Fidelity, Spark Capital, DFJ)

CK Chang Kim

CK Chang Kim

Saywise · Co-founder & CEO

3x founder. Michigan Physics. Ex-Google PM. Co-founded TNC (acquired by Google). Founded Tapas Media (acquired by Kakao, $510M).

Tapas acquired by Kakao for $510M

Monisha Perkash

Monisha Perkash

Lumo BodyTech · Founder & CEO

Yale Psychology. Stanford MBA & MA Education. 2x founder. Ex-Meta Dir of Product in charge of Ray-Ban Meta. Stanford entrepreneurship lecturer.

$26M raised. 2 exits.

Josh Payne

Josh Payne

Coframe · 4x Founder

Stanford Engineering + MBA. 20+ patents in AI, quantum computing, infosec. Co-founded Autograph with Tom Brady ($2B+ unicorn, a16z). AccessBell acquired by Tata Group.

$9M raised (Khosla Ventures, NFDG)

Sharmin Ali

Sharmin Ali

Adomo AI · 3x Entrepreneur

3x entrepreneur with multiple exits. Bestselling author of 3 books, global keynote speaker.

$200M+ raised collectively (A16Z)

Deyan Vitanov

Deyan Vitanov

Jest · 4x Founder

Stanford MBA. 4x founder (3 acquired, 1 bootstrapped & profitable). CMO at gaming unicorn Playco.

4 exits

Andy Chou

Andy Chou

Ventrilo.ai · Founder

BS EECS Berkeley, Stanford CS PhD. Founded Coverity in '03, grew to $75M ARR. Acquired by Synopsys.

Angel investor in 20+ companies (Loom, LaunchDarkly)

Yuka Kojima

Yuka Kojima

Ememe · 3x Founder

MIT MBA, ex-PlayStation. 3x founder. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

$26M raised (Foxconn, Samsung, Nikon)

Andrew Radin

Andrew Radin

Aria Pharmaceuticals · 5x Founder

BS/MS CS, Stanford BMI. 5x entrepreneur. Built products used by millions in telephony, gaming, and ad tech. Top 100 AI Leader in Pharma.

Raised from a16z, SoftBank, and others

Ed Albanese

Ed Albanese

ThirdLaw · Founder & CEO

Former VP at Splunk, Cloudera, MongoDB. Enterprise AI safety.

Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson

Subatomic · Founder & COO

12 years as venture-backed operator. Built and run teams of 80+. World-class at partnerships and fundraising.

$50M+ raised across ventures

Leigh Purnell

Leigh Purnell

Subatomic · Founder & CEO

11 years in battery charging and smart energy. 25+ patents in Battery Management.

$51M raised (TPG)

Jeremy Nixon

Jeremy Nixon

Infinity · Founder & CEO

Founder of Infinity (AI infrastructure). Founder of AGI House (75+ AI hackathons).

Sahin Boydas

Sahin Boydas

Lovie · 5x Founder

5x founder. 2 exits (RemoteTeam → Gusto, MovieLaLa → Snap). Angel investor in 180 startups.

$10M raised (Marc Benioff, SoftBank)

Vadim Axelrod

Vadim Axelrod

Cara Health · 10x Startup Founder

Pomona '91, Stanford '93. 10+ startups in healthtech, security, networking, edtech.

$30M raised (Sequoia, SoftBank). 2 exits.

Tyler Chen

Tyler Chen

Subtle · Co-Founder & CEO

Yale Physics & CS. ML and quantum computing research. AI agents for government.

YC X25. Co-founder's prev company acquired by FiscalNote (NYSE: NOTE)

Anand Atreya

Anand Atreya

Serial Entrepreneur

25+ years in telecom and software. Ex-EVP at Juniper Networks (18 years). Harvard AMP.

2 exits (Sage → Google, WiFiSLAM → Apple)

Nate Becker

Nate Becker

Sela · 2x Founder & CEO

Yale '09, LinkedIn data science alum. Previously founded VoiceOps (YC), signed Square and Sunrun as customers.

$11M+ raised (Accel, Founders Fund, Bain Capital Ventures)

Rafael Cosman

Rafael Cosman

Protogon Research · Founder & CEO

Stanford CS. Ex-Google Brain & Palantir. Co-founded StreetCode Academy.

Juan Lozano

Juan Lozano

Mariana Minerals · Co-founder & CTO

Stanford Physics & CS (AI). Co-founded InsideMaps, led ML at Kite (acquired by Affirm).

Ron Koo

Ron Koo

Koliso · 3x Founder

MIT. 3x founder, 15+ patents. Former chip architect (analogZONE Product of the Year). Backend engineering, AI, and product.

Kelly Peng

Kelly Peng

First Intelligence · Founder & CEO

UC Berkeley EECS, Stanford Nanofab. 2x founder. Previously founded Kura (taped out world's fastest smart display driver at TSMC). Forbes 30 Under 30.

$17M+ raised (TSMC, SAIC Motors, Access Industries). 2x CES Awards.

Elad Ferber

Elad Ferber

Synthpop · Co-Founder & CEO

Stanford & Technion grad. Talpiot (elite IDF unit). 10+ years building AI × healthcare. Founded Spry Health (acquired by ZOLL Itamar). Led engineering for SpaceIL (lunar lander).

$23M raised

Jan Jannink

Jan Jannink

Synthpop · Co-Founder & CTO

Stanford CS PhD. Co-founder in 4 AI & analytics startups, 1 exit. Occasional Stanford CS 193S instructor.

$23M raised

Taranjeet Singh

Taranjeet Singh

mem0 · Co-Founder & CEO

Built AI tutor featured at Google I/O and first GPT Store. Co-founded mem0 (formerly Embedchain), the memory layer for AI agents. 40K+ GitHub stars.

$20M Series A

Alex Beatson

Alex Beatson

Axiom Bio · Co-Founder

Princeton PhD in deep learning & generative models. Director of ML at Redesign Science (small-molecule drug discovery). AI toxicity testing.

$40M Series A

Kazuki Nakayashiki

Kazuki Nakayashiki

Glasp · Co-Founder

ME Chem & Bio at UTokyo, Business at UC Berkeley. Founded Glasp, a platform for annotating the web with AI. Alum of On Deck, Launch House, Berkeley SkyDeck.

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Selected Inception Companies

Synthpop logo

Synthpop

Cohort 3

AI to streamline healthcare workflows. Raised $23M.

mem0 logo

mem0

Cohort 9

Cross-platform memory layer for LLMs. $20M Series A. 48K+ stars on GitHub.

Jest logo

Jest

Cohort 4

Marketplace for messaging games. $7M seed from Innovation Endeavors.

Coframe logo

Coframe

Cohort 3

AI‑driven UX optimization. $9M from Khosla Ventures.

Rmix logo

Rmix

Cohort 7

First fully autonomous prescription vending machines. $4M pre-seed. 5 units in production.

Pie logo

Pie

Cohort 13

AI that helps product teams ship higher-quality software, faster.

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Hyperscale

Cohort 19

AI automation for trucking carriers.

Axiom Bio logo

Axiom Bio

Cohort 5

Replacing lab and animal testing with AI. Raised $40M.

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Secondly

Cohort 19

A small device to let AI control your phone.

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Scorecard

Cohort 4

Evaluate, optimize, and ship enterprise AI agents.

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Ventrilo

Cohort 1

AI-powered writing assistant. $10M from a16z after forming team & demo at Inception.

Glasp logo

Glasp

Cohort 1

Social knowledge curation platform.

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Precognition Labs

Cohort 19

AI agents for trust, safety, fraud, risk, and compliance teams.

Greenflash logo

Greenflash

Cohort 15

Turning AI interactions into actionable product insights. Signed ClickUp as enterprise client.

Octagon logo

Octagon

Cohort 6

Copilot for financial analysts.

Sela logo

Sela

Cohort 8

AI voice sales agents that beat human performance. Raised $6M.

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Lightning Rod

HumanX 2025

Accurate predictive models with AI. Raised $4M.

Subtle logo

Subtle

Cohort 13

Voice that works everywhere. Raised $6M.

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First Intelligence

Cohort 11

Perplexity for the real world. Multimodal AI that can see, understand, and generate. Available as CAPI AI.

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Omi

Cohort 10

AI wearable "second brain" that turns conversations into insights and memory you can search, summarize, and share.

GuestOS logo

GuestOS

Cohort 9

Voice AI for hospitality. 10 customers in production.

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PrismaX

Cohort 11

Building the bridge between robotics and mainstream adoption.

April logo

April

Cohort 10

Voice AI executive assistant.

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AIx2

Cohort 19

AI for fundraising and investing.

Emerald logo

Emerald

Cohort 14

Remote health monitoring without wearables.

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Dryft

Cohort 9

AI agents for the physical world. Raised $5M from General Catalyst.

Hexus logo

Hexus

Cohort 6

Create stunning demos, videos, and guides with AI. Acquired by Harvey (Jan 2026).

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Alex AI

Cohort 6

AI agent for Xcode. Acquired by OpenAI (Aug 2025).

Sup AI logo

Sup AI

Cohort 21

AI reliability layer that minimizes hallucinations across LLM ensembles.

Infinity logo

Infinity

Cohort 20

2–5× faster GPU inference via AI-generated kernel optimization.

Subatomic logo

Subatomic

Cohort 20

Home battery storage that buys cheap power automatically.

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Lovie

Cohort 20

Agentic banking platform built for AI-native companies and solo founders.

AethexAI logo

AethexAI

Cohort 20

Voice AI that actually works for the next billion users.

iQ Surgical logo

iQ Surgical

Cohort 17

Real-time AI copilot guiding surgeons during high-stakes procedures.

Bon logo

Bon

Cohort 9

AI that helps consumers eliminate credit card debt faster and build credit.

Saywise logo

Saywise

Cohort 6

Speak for minutes; get weeks of professional content in your authentic voice.

Mariana Minerals logo

Mariana Minerals

Cohort 3

Software-first developer of critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense.

Trellis logo

Trellis

Cohort 3

AI that automates healthcare paperwork — prior auths, appeals, and document intake. ~$7M in total contract value.

"Inception is an absolutely incredible community and it came at just the right moment for me. I tell every top founder I know to join Inception."

— Josh Payne, Coframe

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