Alex Pokras
FounderFounder at Stormy · Founder at Genproof
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedGenproofStormy · YC
About
Founder of Stormy, an AI workflow automation platform for creator outreach and campaign management.
Founder at StormyYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Alex went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Stormy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Stormy's investors below.
Stormy's investors · 2
Co-founders at Stormy
RL
Robert LukoszkoFounder
Founder at Genproof
Intro paths
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Genproof's investors below.
Genproof's investors · 1
Experience
- GenProofFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- StormyFoundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAI Researcher2023 — 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- TUM.aiBoard Member2023
- TUM.aiPresident2022 — 2023
- TUM.aiTeam Lead, Industry Dept2022
- TUM.aiTeam Member, Industry Dept2021 — 2022
- Rohde & SchwarzGenerative AI Engineer2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- LilioData Scientist2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- HeimkapitalAI Engineer2021Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Skills & more
Deployment3Computer Vision3Angular3NegotiationLarge Language Models (LLM)Prompt EngineeringStrategic PlanningBusiness Continuity PlanningCross-functional Team LeadershipFinancial PlanningProject ManagementSales
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SeleniumMachine LearningData SciencePython (Programming Language)Natural Language Processing (NLP)Data MiningWeb ScrapingScikit-LearnEnglishRussianGermanUkrainianLanguages English · German · Russian · Ukrainian
- Sequence Models — Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks — Coursera
- Algorithms, Part II by Princeton — Coursera
- Algorithms, Part I by Princeton — Coursera
- Advanced Data Structures in Java — Coursera
- Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization (4 courses) — Coursera
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
From Alex's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Pokras?
- Founder of Stormy, an AI workflow automation platform for creator outreach and campaign management.
- Where does Alex Pokras work?
- Alex Pokras is Founder of Genproof and Founder at Stormy.
- What companies did Alex Pokras found?
- Alex Pokras founded Genproof, Stormy.
- Where did Alex Pokras go to school?
- Alex Pokras studied at Technical University of Munich (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Minor, Computational Linguistics); Technische Universität Berlin (Studienkolleg).
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