About
Daniel Hensley earned a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley in 2017, where he researched Magnetic Particle Imaging. He subsequently led software engineering at Magnetic Insight, a Berkeley spinout commercializing this technology, before running the software firm Edge Analytics and serving as co-founder and Head of Engineering at Infinity AI.
Founder at DriverYC W24
Intro paths
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. β the partner who ran Driver's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Driver's investors below.
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Co-founders at Driver
Experience
- DriverCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2023 β present
- Self EmployedFreelance Technical Consulting2023Austin, Texas, United States
- Infinity AI, Inc.Co-Founder and Head of Engineering2021 β 2023Austin, Texas, United States
- Edge Analytics IncSenior Software Engineer2021 β 2022Austin, Texas, United States
- Magnetic Insight, IncManager of Software & MPI Scientist2020 β 2021Austin, Texas, United States
- Magnetic Insight, IncPrincipal of Technical Strategy and Senior Software Engineer2017 β 2021Alameda, CA and Austin, TX
- Magnetic Insight, IncEngineer (part time)2015 β 2017Newark, CA
- UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Researcher2012 β 2017Berkeley Imaging Systems Laboratory
- CoolCore Biomedical TechnologiesCo-inventor and Owner2010 β 2015
- EiPi Consulting, LLCMember2012 β 2014
- VisiCare, LLCConsultant/Engineer2012Austin, TX
- University of Texas at AustinResearch Engineering/ Scientist Assistant2010 β 2012
- University of Texas at AustinUndergraduate Research Assistant2009 β 2010
Skills & more
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ThermodynamicsBiosensorsBiomedical DevicesComputational ModelingElectronicsBiomedical EngineeringBiotechnologyMedical DevicesPythonMatlabCLabviewFrom Daniel's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Hensley?
- Daniel Hensley earned a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley in 2017, where he researched Magnetic Particle Imaging. He subsequently led software engineering at Magnetic Insight, a Berkeley spinout commercializing this technology, before running the software firm Edge Analytics and serving as co-founder and Head of Engineering at Infinity AI.
- Where does Daniel Hensley work?
- Daniel Hensley is Founder of Driver.
- What companies did Daniel Hensley found?
- Daniel Hensley founded Driver.
- Where did Daniel Hensley go to school?
- Daniel Hensley studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering); University of California, San Francisco (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering).
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