About
Andrew Kouri is a founder with a prior exit and earlier experience as an engineer at Tesla working on autopilot systems. He holds a degree in mechatronics and robotics, with focus areas including energy, dense cities, micromobility, autonomous vehicles, and electric vehicles.
Founder at AveryIQYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Andrew went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer β the partner who ran AveryIQ's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Andrew can intro founders to AveryIQ's investors below.
AveryIQ's investors Β· 1
Experience
- AveryIQFoundercurrent2025 β present
- Starlight ChargingChief Executive Officer2022 β 2025Austin, Texas, United States
- DoorDashComputer Vision Engineer2019 β 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- lvl5, Inc.Chief Executive Officer2016 β 2019San Francisco, California
- Tesla MotorsAutopilot Software Engineer2014 β 2016Palo Alto
- AccentureEnterprise Collaborations Developer2013
Skills & more
Bidirectional ChargingCharging SystemsElectric VehiclesRenewable EnergyAutonomous Vehicles9Spark5Apache Spark1Software Project Management7MVC4CakePHP4Startup Development5Realtime Programming1
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RoboticsGoGasData AnalysisAir PollutionFossil FuelEmbedded SystemsRuby on RailsJavaScriptJavaC++PythonLanguages Chinese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andrew Kouri?
- Andrew Kouri is a founder with a prior exit and earlier experience as an engineer at Tesla working on autopilot systems. He holds a degree in mechatronics and robotics, with focus areas including energy, dense cities, micromobility, autonomous vehicles, and electric vehicles.
- Where does Andrew Kouri work?
- Andrew Kouri is Founder of AveryIQ.
- What companies did Andrew Kouri found?
- Andrew Kouri founded AveryIQ.
- Where did Andrew Kouri go to school?
- Andrew Kouri studied at Y Combinator (W17 Batch for lvl5, Inc.); University of Virginia (Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science); Noble and Greenough.
Founder mafias
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University of Virginia mafia74
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DoorDash mafia25
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Tesla Motors mafia9
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at DoorDash70
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Also worked at Tesla Motors197
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context Ventures
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Also worked at Accenture736
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