Brian Model
FounderFounder at Thunder Compute
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedThunder Compute · YC
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About
Brian Model is a quantitative developer who previously worked at Citadel Securities and now serves as CTO at Thunder Compute.
Founder at Thunder ComputeYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Brian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Thunder Compute's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Thunder Compute's investors · 4
Co-founders at Thunder Compute
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Carl PetersonFounder
Experience
- Thunder ComputeCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — present
- Citadel SecuritiesQuantitative Developer2023 — 2024
- Citadel SecuritiesQuantitative Developer intern2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
- InstagramSoftware Engineer Intern2021
- CitadelSoftware Engineering Intern2021New York, New York, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2020
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2020
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Research Assistant2019
- NCR CorporationSoftware Engineering Intern2019Greater Atlanta Area
- The Home DepotSoftware Engineering Intern2019Greater Atlanta Area
- ALICE - Hospitality Operations PlatformSoftware Engineering Intern2018Greater New York City Area
- New Jersey Governor's School of Engineering and TechnologySummer Research Scholar2017
Skills & more
Teamwork3Cucumber3Java8Python3Postman4JIRA4Amazon Web Services (AWS)2Microsoft AzureFlaskCVersion Control3Sourcetree5
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Agile Application DevelopmentMercurialSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Regression TestingSoftware DevelopmentPiano PerformanceBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)Selenium WebDriverMachine LearningLanguages English · Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brian Model?
- Brian Model is a quantitative developer who previously worked at Citadel Securities and now serves as CTO at Thunder Compute.
- Where does Brian Model work?
- Brian Model is Founder of Thunder Compute.
- What companies did Brian Model found?
- Brian Model founded Thunder Compute.
- Where did Brian Model go to school?
- Brian Model studied at Y Combinator; Georgia Institute of Technology (Computer Science, Computer Science); Ramapo High School (High School).
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