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Asaph Kupferman

Founder

Founder at Floracene

United States

FoundedFloracene · YC

About

Asaph Kupferman studied Robotics and Electrical Engineering at Penn. He previously worked as a Deployment Strategist on the Hospitals team at Palantir and as a Senior Product Manager at Garner Health, a healthcare navigation and physician ranking company.

Founder at FloraceneYC S26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Floracene's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Asaph can intro founders to Floracene's investors below.

Floracene's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Floracene

JKJonah Kaye
Jonah KayeFounder

Experience

  1. Palantir TechnologiesDeployment Strategistcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Garner HealthSenior Product Manager2024 — 2025New York, NY
  3. Garner HealthData Product Manager2022 — 2024New York, NY

Skills & more

Research3D Printing2Laser CuttingRapid PrototypingData Analysis1BiotechnologyMachine LearningScikit-LearnMonte Carlo SimulationSignal ProcessingComputer VisionComputer-Aided Design (CAD)
+11 moreAltium DesignerCircuit DesignPIDsSolidWorksPythonMATLABCircuitryMicrosoft ExcelPandas (Software)CArduino

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Asaph Kupferman?
Asaph Kupferman studied Robotics and Electrical Engineering at Penn. He previously worked as a Deployment Strategist on the Hospitals team at Palantir and as a Senior Product Manager at Garner Health, a healthcare navigation and physician ranking company.
Where does Asaph Kupferman work?
Asaph Kupferman is Founder of Floracene.
What companies did Asaph Kupferman found?
Asaph Kupferman founded Floracene.
Where did Asaph Kupferman go to school?
Asaph Kupferman studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Electrical Engineering); University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science in Engineering - MSE, Robotics).

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