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Eventual

YC W22

San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 18 employees · Hiring · 15 known investors

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Daft is a data processing platform that transforms raw multimodal data (video, images, audio, sensor data) into training-ready datasets in a single pipeline. It provides Pandas/Spark-like operations with native support for GPU inference, embeddings, and model serving at scale.

Also known as Eventual Computing

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W22)

SSSammy Sidhu
Sammy SidhuFounderHe has previously held roles in high-frequency trading, medical AI research at UC Berkeley, and autonomous vehicle development at DeepScale and Lyft Level 5, and holds a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley.
JCJay Chia
Jay ChiaFounderJay Chia graduated from Cornell University with research experience in deep learning and computational biology. He has held ML infrastructure roles at Freenome and Lyft's autonomous driving division, and previously served as head of recruiting at a Singapore-based startup after military service.
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Tony WangFounder
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Patrick AmesFounder
RK
Ritvik KapilaFounder
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Maurice WeberFounder
AFAlexander Filipchik
Alexander FilipchikFounder
JC
Jasmine ChanRecruiter
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Varun MadanHead of Engineering
SC
Salka ChavezRecruiter
AG
Ally GeeRecruiter
CL
Charles LinFounding Engineerformer

Investors · 15

Computer Science Graduate VenturesreportedBerkeley

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GeometryreportedBay Area · $500K – $1M

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HousereportedBerkeley · $1M – $2M

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Romulus CapitalreportedBoston · $250K – $10M

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What does Eventual do?
Daft is a data processing platform that transforms raw multimodal data (video, images, audio, sensor data) into training-ready datasets in a single pipeline. It provides Pandas/Spark-like operations with native support for GPU inference, embeddings, and model serving at scale.
Who founded Eventual?
Eventual was founded by Sammy Sidhu, Jay Chia, Tony Wang, Patrick Ames, Ritvik Kapila, Maurice Weber, Alexander Filipchik in 2022.
Who are Eventual's investors?
Eventual's investors include Y Combinator, AlleyCorp, Alumni Ventures, Array Ventures Management Llc, Caffeinated Capital, Clocktower Ventures, Computer Science Graduate Ventures, CRV (Charles River Ventures) and 7 more.
Where is Eventual headquartered?
Eventual is headquartered in San Francisco, US.