About
Carter McClellan leads Supercontrast. He previously held machine learning engineering and technical leadership roles at Hive AI.
Founder at supercontrastYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Carter went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran supercontrast's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Carter can intro founders to supercontrast's investors below.
supercontrast's investors · 1
Co-founders at supercontrast
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Shravan KumaranFounder
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- supercontrastCo-Founder & CEO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- HiveMachine Learning Engineer2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- FINESSEMachine Learning Engineer2020 — 2021Los Angeles, CA
Skills & more
Python7Deep Learning7Artificial Intelligence (AI)7Java6Python (Programming Language)3Golang1Linux3Natural Language Processing (NLP)1Machine Learning Algorithms1CUDA
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Carter McClellan?
- Carter McClellan leads Supercontrast. He previously held machine learning engineering and technical leadership roles at Hive AI.
- Where does Carter McClellan work?
- Carter McClellan is Founder of supercontrast.
- What companies did Carter McClellan found?
- Carter McClellan founded supercontrast.
- Where did Carter McClellan go to school?
- Carter McClellan studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics).
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