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- Adam AlSayyad@adam_alsayyadFounder/CEO · CascadeW26B2B · San Francisco
- Haluk Cem DemirhanFounder/CTO · CascadeW26B2B · San Francisco
- Arlen AbrahamFounder · Cascade SpaceX25Industrials · San Francisco
- Jacob Portukalian@jportukalianFounder/CEO · Cascade SpaceX25Industrials · San Francisco
- Leopold von WaldthausenFounder/CEO · Zeit AIS24B2B · Munich
- Marvin Christopher BornsteinFounder/CTO · Zeit AIS24B2B · Munich
- Lukas HafferFounder/CEO · CascaS23Fintech · San Francisco
- Soy HwangFounder · HumanceW21Real Estate and Construction
- Sunny KimFounder · HumanceW21Real Estate and Construction
- Yon Soo ParkFounder · HumanceW21Real Estate and Construction
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Adam AlSayyadCascadeFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/adam_alsayyadHaluk Cem DemirhanCascadeFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Arlen AbrahamCascade SpaceFounderSpring 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States7—Jacob PortukalianCascade SpaceFounder/CEOSpring 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/jportukalianLeopold von WaldthausenZeit AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BMunich, Germany12—Marvin Christopher BornsteinZeit AIFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BMunich, Germany12—Lukas HafferCascaFounder/CEOSummer 2023FintechSan Francisco, United States40—Soy HwangHumanceFounderWinter 2021Real Estate and ConstructionUnknown3—Sunny KimHumanceFounderWinter 2021Real Estate and ConstructionUnknown3—Yon Soo ParkHumanceFounderWinter 2021Real Estate and ConstructionUnknown3—
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Adam AlSayyad
Founder/CEO·Cascade
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Adam is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cascade. Previously, he was a researcher at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab, where his work focused on graph reasoning models, and agentic safety under some of the world's leading ML and AI safety researchers. Adam studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
CascadeDistilling Proprietary Intelligence
Co-foundersHaluk Cem Demirhan
