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Dan Kondratyuk

Founder

Founder at rekursiv.ai

Mountain View, California, United States

Foundedrekursiv.ai · YC

About

Dan Kondratyuk worked as a researcher at Google and Luma AI for a combined seven years, where he contributed to video generation models and led work on world models. He is now co-founder of rekursiv.ai, which focuses on automating machine learning research workflows.

Founder at rekursiv.aiYC S26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran rekursiv.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Dan can intro founders to rekursiv.ai's investors below.

rekursiv.ai's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at rekursiv.ai

JDJoshua Dillon
Joshua DillonFounder

Experience

  1. rekursiv.aiCo-Founder, Head of Engineeringcurrent2026 — present
  2. Luma AIResearch Scientist2024 — 2026United States
  3. GoogleSenior Machine Learning Engineer2023 — 2024Kirkland, Washington, United States
  4. GoogleMachine Learning Engineer2021 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. GoogleAI Resident2019 — 2021Seattle
  6. Hello AugiFull Stack Developer2016 — 2019Boise, Idaho Area
  7. SensusSoftware Engineering Intern2015 — 2016Boise, Idaho Area
  8. Boise State UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2015 — 2016Boise, Idaho Area

Skills & more

Python1TensorFlow2C#1Java3C1Node.js1KotlinGit2Amazon Web Services (AWS)Angular1SQL1Keras
+12 moreJavaScriptLinuxHTMLMySQLC++DatabasesFirebasePyTorchMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingProgrammingSoftware Development

Languages English · French · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dan Kondratyuk?
Dan Kondratyuk worked as a researcher at Google and Luma AI for a combined seven years, where he contributed to video generation models and led work on world models. He is now co-founder of rekursiv.ai, which focuses on automating machine learning research workflows.
Where does Dan Kondratyuk work?
Dan Kondratyuk is Founder of rekursiv.ai.
What companies did Dan Kondratyuk found?
Dan Kondratyuk founded rekursiv.ai.
Where did Dan Kondratyuk go to school?
Dan Kondratyuk studied at Charles University (Master's degree, Computational Linguistics); Universität des Saarlandes (Master's degree, Computational Linguistics); Boise State University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).

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Luma AI mafia5

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David BeyerDirectorFounded ChartioSal CalvoStrategy + OperationsFounded Muffin DataAdvaith SridharResearch EngineerFounded Discovered MaterialsJoshua DillonStaff Research ScientistFounded rekursiv.ai

Boise State University mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Megan LacyMaster's degreeFounded Lumineye

Universität des Saarlandes mafia2

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Same school

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Shared employers

Also worked at rekursiv.ai1

Joshua DillonFounder at rekursiv.ai

Also worked at Luma AI5

Tim HsiaFounder at Context VenturesDavid BeyerPartner at Amplify PartnersSal CalvoFounder at Muffin DataAdvaith SridharFounder at Discovered MaterialsJoshua DillonFounder at rekursiv.ai

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