About
Founder of Locus, which provides payment infrastructure and financial access controls for autonomous AI agents.
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Founder at LocusYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Cole went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Locus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Cole can intro founders to Locus's investors below.
Experience
- Locus (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Wilfrid Laurier University and University of WaterlooComputer Science and Business Studentcurrent2021 — presentWaterloo Ontario, Canada
- CoinbaseSoftware Engineer2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Counting OpinionsFrontend Engineer2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- RoadarooSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024Ontario, Canada
- PointClickCareSoftware Engineer2023Burlington, Ontario, Canada
- directworxSoftware Developer2023Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Startup EngineCo-Founder2022 — 2023Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Brock SolutionsSoftware Engineer2022Kitchener, Ontario
- Oliver & Bonacini Café Grill, Blue MountainBartender2021The Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada
- Blue Mountain ResortSki Instructor2018 — 2021The Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada
- Lighthouse Point (LHP)Pool Attendent2020Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
- Sunset Grill Restaurants Ltd.Dining Room Busser2017 — 2019The Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Docker ProductsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Go (Programming Language)DatadogTemporalSolidity1Smart ContractsYield ManagementReact.jsTypeScriptPandas (Software)Scikit-Learn
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Core JavaMobile ApplicationsDartFlutterJavaSQLJSONMongoDBMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft Power AutomatePython (Programming Language)JavaScriptLanguages French
- The Smart Serve Responsible Alcohol Beverage Sales & Service Training Program — Smart Serve Ontario
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cole Dermott?
- Founder of Locus, which provides payment infrastructure and financial access controls for autonomous AI agents.
- Where does Cole Dermott work?
- Cole Dermott is Founder of Locus.
- What companies did Cole Dermott found?
- Cole Dermott founded Locus.
- Where did Cole Dermott go to school?
- Cole Dermott studied at Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Computer Science - BCS, Computer Science); Wilfrid Laurier University (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management).
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