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 & Head of AI at ShofoYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Andre went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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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In turn, Andre can intro founders to Shofo's investors below.
Shofo's investors · 1
Co-founders at Shofo
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Braiden DishmanFounder & CEO
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Alexzendor MisraFounder & CTO
Experience
- Shofo (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Intern2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- UCSB NLP GroupUndergraduate NLP Researcher2024 — 2025Goleta, California, United States
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Computer ScienceCourse Assistant2024 — 2025Goleta, California, United States
- CorrektCo-Founder, Machine Learning Engineer2023 — 2025Goleta, California, United States
Skills & more
Pandas (Software)PyTorchJavaPython (Programming Language)1Search1TeamworkCommunicationLeadershipProblem SolvingStart-up Leadership1Machine Learning1Entrepreneurship
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Work-based LearningHuggingfaceStatistical Data AnalysisNumPyFrom Andre's professional profile.
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 & Head of AI of Shofo.
- What companies did Andre Braga found?
- Andre Braga founded Shofo.
- 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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