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- Gunwoo KimFounder/CEO · Cuckoo LabsW25B2B · Seoul
- Yong Hee Lee@harryyongheeleeFounder/COO · Cuckoo LabsW25B2B · Seoul
- Yongjin ParkFounder · 1849 bioS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Daniel Nakhaee-Zadeh GutierrezFounder · AdaptyvS21Healthcare · Lausanne
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Gunwoo KimCuckoo LabsFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSeoul, South Korea2—Yong Hee LeeCuckoo LabsFounder/COOWinter 2025B2BSeoul, South Korea2https://x.com/harryyongheeleeYongjin Park1849 bioFounderSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Daniel Nakhaee-Zadeh GutierrezAdaptyvFounderSummer 2021HealthcareLausanne, Switzerland25—
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Jai Padmakumar
Founder/CEO·1849 bio
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder and CEO of 1849 bio. I get excited working on difficult problems with outsized impacts if you can solve them. I studied Microbiology and Applied Math at the University of Washington before doing my PhD at MIT in a synthetic biology lab. I've spent my time pushing the limits of what’s possible in bioengineering. 1849 is my second startup, the first of which I co-founded during grad school and led the early science at.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
1849 bioEngineering microbes for miners to unlock billions in trapped metal
Co-foundersYongjin Park
