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Bao Nguyen

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Founder at Hessian

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedHessian · YC

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About

Bao Nguyen is co-founder and CEO of Hessian. He previously co-founded Zettafleet, a decentralized LLM training platform, and worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg developing machine learning pipelines for asset rating and index management. He holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Computer Science from Durham University, with published research in ML systems.

Founder at HessianYC X26

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YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hessian's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Hessian's investors · 2

Prime Movers LabJackson · $2M – $30M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Hessian

JSJames Smith
James SmithFounder
TWTom Watson
Tom WatsonFounder

Experience

  1. Hessian (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. ZettafleetCo-Founder & Head of Machine Learning2024 — 2026Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. Falmouth UniversityResearch Intern2016Falmouth, England, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Python1Deep LearningJavaScript1ResearchJava1Computer VisionImage ProcessingPyTorchReact.jsSQLMongoDB

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Bao Nguyen?
Bao Nguyen is co-founder and CEO of Hessian. He previously co-founded Zettafleet, a decentralized LLM training platform, and worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg developing machine learning pipelines for asset rating and index management. He holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Computer Science from Durham University, with published research in ML systems.
Where does Bao Nguyen work?
Bao Nguyen is Founder of Hessian.
What companies did Bao Nguyen found?
Bao Nguyen founded Hessian.
Where did Bao Nguyen go to school?
Bao Nguyen studied at University of Cambridge (Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Advanced Computer Science); Durham University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Truro and Penwith College (Advanced Levels (A Levels)).

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