Brandon Ong
FounderCo-Founder at Hebbian Robotics
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHebbian Robotics · YC
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About
Brandon Ong is co-founder and CEO of Hebbian Robotics. He previously built two-arm industrial cleaning robots, conducted research on AI for low-resource languages, and served as co-founder and CTO of Gigit AI.
Co-Founder at Hebbian RoboticsYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Brandon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hebbian Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Hebbian Robotics
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Kingston KuanFounder
Experience
- Hebbian Robotics (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- Griffin LabsAI Autonomy Research2025 — 2026Singapore
- AI SingaporeDeputy Head of Applied Research2024 — 2025
- Gigit.aiCofounder and CTO2022 — 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- OKXSoftware Engineer2022
- AlliumData Intern2022
- HelicapMachine Learning Intern2021
- WorkstreamData Intern2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Republic of Singapore Air ForceRadar Officer2015 — 2017Singapore
Skills & more
Software Development
Languages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brandon Ong?
- Brandon Ong is co-founder and CEO of Hebbian Robotics. He previously built two-arm industrial cleaning robots, conducted research on AI for low-resource languages, and served as co-founder and CTO of Gigit AI.
- Where does Brandon Ong work?
- Brandon Ong is Co-Founder of Hebbian Robotics.
- What companies did Brandon Ong found?
- Brandon Ong founded Hebbian Robotics.
- Where did Brandon Ong go to school?
- Brandon Ong studied at Columbia University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Singapore Management University (Bachelor's degree, Finance & Computer Science).
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Nanyang Technological University Singapore mafia92
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Singapore Management University mafia45
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Workstream mafia4
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Same school
Also attended Columbia University1,304
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Shared employers
Also worked at Hebbian Robotics (YC S26)1
Also worked at AI Singapore3
Also worked at OKX12
Calvin PoonExecutive Director at The Spartan GroupMarcusGlobal Head of Regulatory Strategy at SENTINEL GLOBALVanessa ZhangInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto VaultRachel WangLegal Counsel at Mirana VenturesEnzo VillaniManaging Partner at Alpha Sigma CapitalJane WongAnalyst at GFR Fund
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Also worked at Helicap26
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