Daniel Bessonov holds a master's degree in computer science from Penn M&T and has held product and engineering roles at Wispr.ai, Ramp, Anduril, and Lumos, including work on payment systems and encryption technologies.
Intro paths
YC
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Avora's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Avora's investors below.
Experience
- AvoraFoundercurrent2024 — present
- WisprSenior Software Engineer2023 — 2024
- Dorm Room FundPartner2019 — 2023Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- RampIntern2022
- Anduril IndustriesIntern2021 — 2022
- LumosFellow2020 — 2021
- RobloxSoftware Engineering Intern2020
- The RoundsFounding Engineer2019 — 2020
- Dali LabsCo-Founder2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversitySoftware Engineering Intern2018 — 2019Palo Alto, California
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityMachine Learning Intern2018
- whiteCryptionSecurity Intern2017Sunnyvale
- IntertrustSoftware Engineering Intern2016Sunnyvale, CA
- nFlate, Inc.iOS Development Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaMaster's degree, Computer Science
- Jerome Fisher M&T ProgramBachelor of Science - BS, Finance
- University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
Skills & more
Russian3iOS Development14Swift10Python6C++5OOP5Node.js5Objective-C6JavaScript6C#5Android Development5Algorithms5
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Graphic DesignRussian to EnglishPhotoshopUser InterfaceFront-endMobile ApplicationsPHPMySQLJavaLanguages English · Russian · Spanish
- Deep Learning — Coursera
- Server-side Development with NodeJS — Coursera Course Certificates
- The Arduino Platform and C Programming — Coursera
- Principles of Computing — Coursera
- Algorithmic Thinking - AP Computer Science — Coursera
- Android App Development — Coursera
From Daniel's professional profile.
Avora's investors · 3
Co-founders
JZ
Justin ZhouFounder