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Our Portfolio

Glam Up

Alongside her YC ’21 co-founder, Nicole is building a personalized AI beauty app. Glam Up offers facial analysis, color analysis, makeup guides, and product recommendations. It has over 900k downloads, and in October 2024, it was listed as one of the top three apps on the App Store, obtaining more weekly downloads than Hinge and Tinder.

Nicole Cheung ‘25 Cohort I

Arthub

Alongside a team of six, Ian is building a network of communities for creatives to share their work directly with other artists, experts, galleries, schools, and employers - all free from modern AI. Arthub just recently secured a partnership with the University of the Arts London.

Ian Baime ‘24 Cohort I

Stratos Vanguard

Tony Pappas ‘27 Albert Tang ‘27 Cohort I

Tony and Albert are working with Hedge Funds and VC Firms, providing them with custom-made full stack AI products. They leverage machine learning to improve internal operational efficiencies and pricing algorithms. Previous clients have over 23B AUM.

Brain

Jonny ’25 (Ex-Goldman) and Claire ‘25 (TIME awardee) are building an AI T.A. toolkit to save time for professors and help students learn. They have launched a pilot program at Harvey Mudd College this semester. They are currently being advised by the inventor of R.

Jonny Wise ‘25 Cohort I

Exploravist

An affordable, AI-driven device designed for the visually impaired. Easily attachable to any pair of glasses, ExploraVist reliably provides detailed descriptions of the user’s surroundings in just seconds.

Cohort II

Stag

An AI-powered platform designed for hedge fund treasury management. It consolidates data from multiple prime brokers, automates cash allocation, and forecasts trading costs, reducing the need for dedicated operations staff while providing significant financing savings.

Cohort II

Sokil

A cutting-edge de-mining technology provider using drones and magnetometry to accelerate landmine detection and land recovery efforts​ in war-affected zones. 

Cohort II

Pheratech

Developers of biologically inspired robotic systems, including innovative security and surveillance solutions for public safety. 

Cohort II

MusicDB

A two-sided marketplace connecting artists and venues to book in-person events that are the right fit. Our goal is to gather and present the data that music industry professionals need to make informed signing and booking decisions.

Cohort II

ATrade

ATrade is a peer-to-peer e-commerce platform for the Nigerian market, bringing together proprietary shipping solutions with integrated payments to create a seamless transactional environment.

Cohort II