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Andre Braga

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Founder at Shofo

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedShofo · YC

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About

Andre Braga holds a degree in Statistics and Data Science from UC Santa Barbara and has prior experience at MIT. He is Co-Founder and Head of AI at Shofo.

Founder at ShofoYC W26

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Andre went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Shofo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Co-founders at Shofo

Experience

  1. Shofo (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Intern2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. UCSB NLP GroupUndergraduate NLP Researcher2024 — 2025Goleta, California, United States
  4. University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Computer ScienceCourse Assistant2024 — 2025Goleta, California, United States
  5. CorrektCo-Founder, Machine Learning Engineer2023 — 2025Goleta, California, United States

Skills & more

Pandas (Software)PyTorchJavaPython (Programming Language)1Search1TeamworkCommunicationLeadershipProblem SolvingStart-up Leadership1Machine Learning1Entrepreneurship
+4 moreWork-based LearningHuggingfaceStatistical Data AnalysisNumPy

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Andre Braga?
Andre Braga holds a degree in Statistics and Data Science from UC Santa Barbara and has prior experience at MIT. He is Co-Founder and Head of AI at Shofo.
Where does Andre Braga work?
Andre Braga is Founder of Shofo.
What companies did Andre Braga found?
Andre Braga founded Shofo.
What companies has Andre Braga invested in?
Investments tracked here include Chamber.
Where did Andre Braga go to school?
Andre Braga studied at Y Combinator (W26); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistics and Data Science).

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