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- Andrew TranFounder/CTO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Rick GaoFounder/CEO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Tony LiFounder/COO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrew TranAlkera AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Rick GaoAlkera AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Tony LiAlkera AIFounder/COOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—
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Andrew Tran
Founder/CTO·Alkera AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Prev SWE intern at Ramp and HRT working closely with data teams. CS B.S/M.S from Yale. Prev ML research at Yale's Gerstein Lab developing biology reasoning models.
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
Alkera AIReliable and safe data engineering and data science agents
