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102 YES members and associates

  • Member of BoardAriyan PatelCo-founder & CEO, PathlightAriyan Patel is a Yale College ’29 Co-founder & CEO associated with Pathlight. Voice-first and camera/on-device-AI accessibility systems for blind and low-vision users; public…Website LinkedIn
  • Member of BoardSofia TeifeldCo-President, Yale Entrepreneurial SocietySofia Teifeld is a Yale College ’29 founding team member and COO of CHET, an investing-first Mastercard designed for students and young professionals. The card automatically…LinkedIn
  • Member of BoardNicolas GertlerCo-founder; AI builder, Density / MylonNicolas Gertler is a Yale College ’27 Co-founder; AI builder associated with Density / Mylon. AI-native legal and research systems; Density is described publicly as an AI…Website LinkedIn
  • Member of BoardKashi TutejaMachine Learning ResearcherKashi Tuteja is a Yale ’29 Math/CS technical builder interested in AI, ML, signal processing and applied mathematics.
  • Member of BoardCagri Dirik
  • Member of BoardLucas SantosCo-founder / builder, Mylon / DensityLucas Santos is a Yale College ’27 Co-founder / builder associated with Mylon / Density. AI-native research and legal/land-use software built with agentic systems; Lucas Santos…LinkedIn
  • Member of BoardSina DehghaniStartup / investing operator, Maverick Capital / o11Sina Dehghani is a Yale ’29 startup/investing operator working at the intersection of AI, financial services and enterprise software.
  • Member of BoardZain AnwarFounder / investor, Intersect STEM / Maverick CapitalZain Anwar is a Yale ’29 founder/investor interested in healthcare, AI and social-impact entrepreneurship.
  • Former BoardAmelie LiuDirector, INSPIRE Speaker Series at Yale Entrepreneurial Society, Yale Entrepreneurial SocietyAmelie Liu is a Yale College ’27 entrepreneurship-community builder and Director of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society’s INSPIRE speaker series.LinkedIn
  • Member of YESFreeman IraburataCo-founder, Neotix Robotics; robotics / systems builder, Neotix RoboticsFreeman (Noryve) Irabaruta is a Yale College ’26 computer science and energy-studies builder from Burundi and co-founder of Neotix Robotics.Website LinkedIn
  • Member of YESIshir Rao
  • Member of YESJeremy RodriguesFounder, GideonJeremy Rodrigues (Yale Law ’26, Schwarzman ’23) is a founder, Air Force Reserve Captain, and Pokémon International Champion. Legal AI incumbents are competing over the sliver of legal claims that ever reach a lawyer; he’s building Gideon…
  • Member of YESMatei ColdeaFounder, Verlet RoboticsMatei Coldea is a Yale junior studying Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Over the past four years he has worked on robotics and embedded systems: at Accenture as an intern, then at Lenovo, where he built CSI-based wireless…
  • Member of YESMateo SanchezBuilding infrastructure for robot learning — Verlet RoboticsEarly engineer at plasma.to, and annotation at Mercor. As an undergraduate researcher at the Apollo Lab he published a fine-tuning technique to CoRL that increased VLA…LinkedIn
  • Former BoardOliver HimeCo-founder, UnitZeroOliver Hime is a Yale College ’28 Co-founder associated with UnitZero. Robotics company using proprietary robotic arms to collect large-scale robotics training data in East Africa…LinkedIn
  • Member of YESOsama RadiFounder, Assure5; Yale School of Medicine researcher, Assure5 / YaleOsama Radi is a Yale ’29 CS/economics founder working across healthcare software, AI/ML and biomedical research.Website
  • Former BoardSeth GoldinStudent builder; former founding CTO at Context; co-founder of Hillhouse & LAUNCH, Yale / Hillhouse Fellowship / LAUNCHSeth Goldin is a Yale College ’26 Former founding CTO; co-founder / ecosystem builder associated with Hillhouse / Launch / prior Context. AI office-suite and founder-community…Website LinkedIn
  • Former BoardSoleil Wizman
  • Former BoardVinesh Kothari
  • Ahaan BhansaliFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Spark
  • Ahtasham FirdausiFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Revenue Cycle / Denial Co-Pilot
  • Alan Chirong LiFounder / venture lead, Doorothy
  • Alexia AkbayFounder & CEO, Symbrosia
  • Allah-u-Abha RodriguesSoftware / ML builder; founder
  • Amy GuanFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), PEARL Connecticut
  • Ananya KrishnaFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Parallax
  • Andja DemirajFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), PEARL Connecticut
  • Andrew SaahFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), SkySoil
  • Anjal JainFounder / venture lead, whyMED
  • Anushka NijhawanCo-founder & CTO, Spur
  • April KohCo-founder & CEO, Spring Health
  • Ari Strober
  • Arinze AguFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), MyEezz
  • Brenton DuhanFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Studio B-Du
  • Bruno BrunoFounder, Kesho, Kesho
  • Bryan DuerfeldtCo-founder / founding engineer (historical), ARIX Technologies
  • Charlie HumphreysFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Verlet Robotics
  • Charlotta LebedenkoFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Rosetint Community Theatre
  • Chris JohnsonFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), MyEezz
  • Chris KimFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY), KOHORT STUDIOS
  • Daphne WuFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY), Lux et Veritas
  • Diana SalhaFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Cosnetix
  • Dylan GleicherCo-founder, Prepared / Axon
  • Elie ImaniFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Safari Strives
  • Elijah LeeCo-founder, Forte3D
  • Emily DeschenesFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), forEVAhealth
  • Eniola AjaoFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Gideon
  • Eric WangSoftware Development / founding team, Vault Kinetics
  • Eunice HanDesign / founding team, Vault Kinetics
  • Eytan IsraelFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), AllStrum
  • Gabriel HaleyFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), SummerStore
  • George HuFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Olmsted
  • Grace GerweLead, Vessel team at Science, Science
  • Hirad Moradi-LakehFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), Solaris
  • James MassonFounder, Nade
  • James SteeleFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Spark
  • Jasmine Garry
  • Jaya DadwalFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), forEVAhealth
  • Jenelle LeeFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Oilzyme
  • Jimmy CarterCo-founder, Daemo AI
  • Jinali ModyFounder & CEO, Banofi Leather
  • Jon-Michael TaylorFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), Solaris
  • Joshua GaoFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Vault Kinetics
  • Justin PanAlgorithms / founding team, Vault Kinetics
  • Keith PembertonFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), QuarterMill
  • Kennedy SmithFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), SummerStore
  • Kristen DillardFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY), EarthCurl Organics
  • Laurie JimenezFounder & CEO, FulcrumCare
  • Leïa RyanCo-founder, Cortex
  • Luke SchubertFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), SkySoil
  • Madhav LavakareFounder, AirCaps (formerly TranscribeGlass)
  • Mara KushelmanFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Parallax
  • Matthew MendelsohnFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), AllStrum
  • Matthew NeissenFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), Finsaku
  • Matthew RileySales & Customer Engagement / founding team, Vault Kinetics
  • Maya CaineFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), Helix
  • Michael ChimeCo-founder & CEO, Prepared / Axon
  • Miles LasaterEntrepreneur / investor; co-founder of Higher One
  • Murad AbdukholikovRobotics / embedded-systems builder; Yale CS student, Yale / independent robotics projects
  • Neal SoniCo-founder, Prepared / Axon
  • Paul DouglassFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), Vault Kinetics
  • Paul GrossCo-founder & CEO, Remora
  • Petter WehlinCo-founder & Product Manager, ARIX Technologies
  • Quinn ZachariasFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), BareFoote Metals
  • Richard HabeebFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), PARTEE
  • Rishit ShaquibFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), The MicroClinic Project
  • Riya BhargavaCo-founder, Cortex
  • Ron PileFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), AssistiveMath
  • Sacha LévyCo-founder & CTO, Theseus
  • Sam HendelManaging Partner, Chord Music Partners & Dundee Partners; founder, JKBX; co-founder, Dataminr, Chord Music Partners / Dundee Partners
  • Sean GlassCo-founder & Managing Partner, Evidenced; serial founder / investor, Evidenced
  • Shaunak PandeyFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), The MicroClinic Project
  • Shubh JainCo-founder, WindLoop
  • Sneha SivakumarCo-founder & CEO, Spur
  • Srikar GodillaCo-founder, Daemo AI
  • Swarnima BhattacharyaFemtech founder; Founder-in-Residence / health innovation builder, Blue Dot Partners / Thea / Gytree
  • Teo DimovCo-founder / ecosystem builder, Launch / prior startup
  • Yavin FickelResearcher, van Dijk Lab; Co-Director of LAUNCH, Yale / LAUNCH
  • Yeabsera AgonferFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY), Chacha Butter
  • Yumi YangFounder / co-founder (Startup Yale 2026), PEARL Connecticut
  • Yuto KidaFounder / venture lead (Tsai CITY Accelerator), Finsaku
  • Zaid FattahFounder & CEO, Redwood