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Alessandro Hammond
FounderFounder/CEO at Nxtcure Labs
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
FoundedNxtcure Labs · YC
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About
Founder and CEO of Nxtcure Labs. A 2025 Harvard graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, he was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and is pursuing an MD/PhD at Yale.
Founder/CEO at Nxtcure LabsYC F26
Intro paths
YC
Alessandro went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Nxtcure Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Nxtcure Labs
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Keanu ClarkFounder/CTO
Experience
- NxtCure LabsFounder, CEOcurrent2026 — present
- Schwarzman ScholarsSchwarzman Scholar- 10th Cohortcurrent2025 — present
- Ivy League ConsultsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterResearch Fellowcurrent2025 — present
- Harvard Medical SchoolTeaching Assistant2023 — 2025
- Boston Children's HospitalClinical Researcher2021 — 2025
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardResearcher2021 — 2024
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alessandro Hammond?
- Founder and CEO of Nxtcure Labs. A 2025 Harvard graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, he was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and is pursuing an MD/PhD at Yale.
- Where does Alessandro Hammond work?
- Alessandro Hammond is Founder/CEO of Nxtcure Labs.
- What companies did Alessandro Hammond found?
- Alessandro Hammond founded Nxtcure Labs.
- Where did Alessandro Hammond go to school?
- Alessandro Hammond studied at Harvard University (A.B.); Yale University (MD/PhD); Schwarzman Scholars (Masters of Science).
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Also worked at Schwarzman Scholars4
Also worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center70
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