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Christian Lau

Founder

Founder at Dynamo AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDynamo AI · YC

About

Christian Lau is a co-founder at Dynamo AI and holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, with a focus on secure and compliant AI systems.

Founder at Dynamo AIYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Christian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — 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 Dynamo AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Christian can intro founders to Dynamo AI's investors below.

Dynamo AI's investors · 4

Cathexis VenturesHouston · $250K – $1M checksFormus CapitalSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Dynamo AI

VMVaikkunth Mugunthan
Vaikkunth MugunthanFounder

Experience

  1. Dynamo AICo-founder & Chief Product Officer; Ph.D. EECS @ MITcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2017 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts

Skills & more

Research25Teaching18Team Leadership11Labview5Public Speaking15Matlab7Peer Tutoring4Axure Web Prototyping2English3Python3Expository and Persuasive WritingEllipsometry1
+6 moreAtomic Force MicroscopyChemical Vapor DepositionHTML 5CSS3Web DevelopmentMySQL

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Christian Lau?
Christian Lau is a co-founder at Dynamo AI and holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, with a focus on secure and compliant AI systems.
Where does Christian Lau work?
Christian Lau is Founder of Dynamo AI.
What companies did Christian Lau found?
Christian Lau founded Dynamo AI.
Where did Christian Lau go to school?
Christian Lau studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); University of Southern California (B.A., Physics).

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Raymond LiaoManaging Director at Samsung NextJishnu BhattacharjeeManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersVaikkunth MugunthanFounder at Dynamo AIKonstantin HohrFounder at Midrender

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