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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Veniamin VeselovskyPreseenFounderSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/VminVsky
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Veniamin Veselovsky
Founder·Preseen
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size1
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Prior to joining YC, Veniamin was a PhD student at Princeton where he worked on large language models. His work is widely cited and covered by the media. Before that, he did research in Toronto, Switzerland, Germany, and had a brief stint at a Ukrainian start up building interactive tables.
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
PreseenThe AI forecasting company for global macro events.
