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Anthony Pancotti

Founder

Co-founder at Helion Energy

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedHelion Energy · YC

About

Anthony Pancotti is a co-founder of GPTZero, a company focused on information quality and transparency online, including tools for identifying the origin and reliability of information and supporting AI adoption. He heads SAGE (Students, Authenticity, GPTZero, Education) at Superhuman.

Co-founder at Helion EnergyYC S14

Intro paths

YC

Anthony went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) — 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 Helion Energy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Anthony can intro founders to Helion Energy's investors below.

Helion Energy's investors · 10

AntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checks · since 2015Capricorn Investment GroupNew York · since 2015Congruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2015Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2025Mithril Capital ManagementAustin · since 2015Sam Altmansince 2015SoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2015SoftBank Vision FundLondonThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2015Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Helion Energy

DKDavid Kirtley
David KirtleyFounder/CEO
CPChris Pihl
Chris PihlCo-founder & CTO
JS
John SloughCo-Founder & Chief Scientist
GVGeorge Votroubek
George Votroubek
DD
Dr. David KirtleyCo-founder & CEO
DG
Dr. George VotroubekCo-Founder & Chief Scientist
DJ
Dr. John SloughCo-founder

Experience

  1. SuperhumanHead of SAGE (Students. Authenticity. GPTZero. Education.)current2026 — presentNew York, United States
  2. GPTZeroCEOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  3. variousangelcurrent2023 — present
  4. Princeton UniversityPrinceton NLP Lab2022
  5. BBC NewsInvestigative Journalist2021
  6. Representable.orgEngineering Lead2020 — 2021
  7. BellingcatWriter2020 — 2021
  8. BellingcatTechnology Team2020
  9. AndelaEngineering Intern2019

Skills & more

Software Engineering10Entrepreneurship29Community Outreach30Workshop Facilitation20Event Management6Research17Public Relations21Project Management9Change Management5Programming5Public Policy5Social Media19
+8 moreMarketingNon-profit VolunteeringCommunity EngagementCommunity DevelopmentCustomer ServiceTeamworkTeam LeadershipPublic Speaking

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Anthony Pancotti?
Anthony Pancotti is a co-founder of GPTZero, a company focused on information quality and transparency online, including tools for identifying the origin and reliability of information and supporting AI adoption. He heads SAGE (Students, Authenticity, GPTZero, Education) at Superhuman.
Where does Anthony Pancotti work?
Anthony Pancotti is Co-founder of Helion Energy.
What companies did Anthony Pancotti found?
Anthony Pancotti founded Helion Energy.
Where did Anthony Pancotti go to school?
Anthony Pancotti studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Science and Engineering); University of Toronto Schools (High School Diploma).

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Also attended University of Toronto Schools17

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Shared employers

Also worked at Superhuman5

Upal BasuPartner at NGP CapitalRahul VohraInvestor at Todd and Rahul’s Angel FundShriya NevatiaPrincipal at The CouncilSophia AmorusoGeneral Partner at Trust FundShishir MehrotraAngel investor

Also worked at Princeton University99

Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordRyan HaysBoard Member at CincyTechBrad FloraBacking expeditions into the futureManny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersBrannon JonesPrincipal at AlleyCorp

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Also worked at BBC News2

Deena ShakirPartner at Lux CapitalDr. Manmit BhambraSenior DEI Advisor at PACE Healthcare Capital

Also worked at Andela17

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