James Smith is co-founder and COO of Hessian, overseeing customer engagement and production AI pipeline deployment. He previously spent five years at Bloomberg developing data infrastructure for financial services and worked at DRW on commodities trading data systems; he holds a degree in computer science from Durham University.
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, James can intro founders to Hessian's investors below.
Hessian's investors · 1
Co-founders
Bao Nguyen· Co-Founder & CEOTom Watson· Founder<UNKNOWN>