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Clement Barthes

Founder

Founder - CEO at Congruent

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedCongruent · YC

About

Clement Barthes previously led autonomy initiatives at Zendar and served as CTO at Safehub, a company developing sensors for post-earthquake structural assessment. He worked as a research engineer and lab manager at UC Berkeley's PEER lab.

Founder - CEO at CongruentYC W26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Congruent's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Clement can intro founders to Congruent's investors below.

Congruent's investors · 2

Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Experience

  1. CongruentFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  2. ZendarMachine Learning Manager2022 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
  3. SafehubCTO2017 — 2022
  4. UC BerkeleyLab Manager2012 — 2017

Skills & more

Machine Learning1ARM Cortex-M1Internet of Things (IoT)1Product DevelopmentParallel ComputingDigital Signal Processing1Microcontrollers1Embedded Software ProgrammingSignal ProcessingImage ProcessingComputer VisionProgramming
+12 moreProduct ManagementAlgorithmsResearchEngineeringProject ManagementFinite Element AnalysisCivil EngineeringTeachingPyTorchFirmwareLaTeXAnalytical Skills

Languages English · French

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Clement Barthes?
Clement Barthes previously led autonomy initiatives at Zendar and served as CTO at Safehub, a company developing sensors for post-earthquake structural assessment. He worked as a research engineer and lab manager at UC Berkeley's PEER lab.
Where does Clement Barthes work?
Clement Barthes is Founder - CEO of Congruent.
What companies did Clement Barthes found?
Clement Barthes founded Congruent.
Where did Clement Barthes go to school?
Clement Barthes studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Structural Engineering); Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France (Master’s Degree, Structural Engineering).

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