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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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Haluk Cem Demirhan
Founder/CTO·Cascade
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Haluk is the Co-Founder and CTO of Cascade. Previously, he built production monitoring infrastructure and scaled agent systems at companies like Netflix and Amazon. His research at BAIR Lab covered long-horizon memory optimization and failure mode taxonomies for AI agents. Haluk studied Computer Science and Mathematics 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-foundersAdam AlSayyad@adam_alsayyad
