About
Daniel Lenton holds a PhD in machine learning for 3D vision and robotics from Imperial College London, with a focus on deep technical engineering work.
Founder at UnifyYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 Unify's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Unify's investors below.
Unify's investors · 16
A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoAbstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checksAbstraction CapitalKansas City · $50K – $400K checksBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksEssence Venture CapitalSeattle · $10K – $10M checksJ12 VenturesLeonis CapitalSan FranciscoLunar VenturesBerlin · $500K – $2M checksOpenAI Startup FundSan Francisco · $1M checksRace CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $2M checksSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checksThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checksTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksWayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checksWndrCoRedwood City · $100K – $10M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Experience
- UnifyCEOcurrent2023 — presentGreater London
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DysonRobotics Research Engineer2019 — 2020
- AmazonDeep Learning Research Scientist - Prime AIr2018 — 2019Graz
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)35C++39Deep Learning71Computer Vision49Robotics15
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Lenton?
- Daniel Lenton holds a PhD in machine learning for 3D vision and robotics from Imperial College London, with a focus on deep technical engineering work.
- Where does Daniel Lenton work?
- Daniel Lenton is Founder of Unify.
- What companies did Daniel Lenton found?
- Daniel Lenton founded Unify.
- Where did Daniel Lenton go to school?
- Daniel Lenton studied at Y Combinator; Imperial College London (PhD, Deep Learning Dense Spatial Perception for Robotic Manipulation); Imperial College London (Master’s Degree, MEng Mechanical Engineering).
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