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.
Daniel Hensley @dw_hensley
"Driver is to context what Git is to code." Adam wrote that line in January in a piece that I think is the most important framing argument we have made as a company. The full argument is that context is the missing infrastructure layer for the AI-augmented software development https://t.co/UwT4RBw4oT
May 21, 2026
Daniel Hensley @dw_hensley
I posted about multi-branch support when we shipped it a few weeks back. Bringing it up again because it connects to one of the threads in my #BosTechWeek talk later this month. A compiler that only sees one branch is not compiling the codebase. It is compiling a snapshot. The
May 14, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
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There's a class of agent failures that's worse than hallucinations: errors of omission. The agent gives you an answer, and it looks right. So, you ship it. Weeks later you find out it ignored a critical dependency in a service nobody thought to mention. The model wasn't wrong
May 12, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
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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, General Partner at Y Combinator 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
Education
- Y Combinator2024
- University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering2012 β 2017
- University of California, San FranciscoDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering2012 β 2017
- The University of Texas at AustinB.S., Biomedical Engineering2005 β 2010
Skills & more
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,485
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,024
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Also attended University of California, San Francisco48
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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin287
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Shared employers
Also worked at Infinity AI, Inc.1
Also worked at Magnetic Insight, Inc3
Also worked at UC Berkeley186
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Also worked at University of Texas at Austin46
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