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Austin Stone

Founder

Founder/CEO at Tell if AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTell if AI · YC

About

Austin Stone is a researcher who previously worked at Google Brain and Google DeepMind, where he published research in computer vision and machine learning conferences.

Founder/CEO at Tell if AIYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Austin went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Tell if AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Austin can intro founders to Tell if AI's investors below.

Tell if AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Tell if AI

IBIlariia Belova
Ilariia BelovaFounder

Experience

  1. Stealth StartupChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. Google DeepMindResearcher2024 — 2025Mountain View, California, United States
  3. InceptiveTechnical Staff2023 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  4. GoogleSenior Research Engineer2018 — 2023Mountain View
  5. SkydioResearch Engineer2017 — 2018Redwood City, California, United States
  6. VicariousResearcher2016 — 2017Union City, California, United States
  7. FacebookSoftware Engineer Internship2015Menlo Park
  8. AmazonSoftware Engineer Internship2014Seattle

Frequently asked questions

Who is Austin Stone?
Austin Stone is a researcher who previously worked at Google Brain and Google DeepMind, where he published research in computer vision and machine learning conferences.
Where does Austin Stone work?
Austin Stone is Founder/CEO of Tell if AI.
What companies did Austin Stone found?
Austin Stone founded Tell if AI.
Where did Austin Stone go to school?
Austin Stone studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Aledo High School (Valedictorian); Khan Academy.

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