About
David van Dijk holds a position as professor at Yale and has contributed to biological foundation models research. He is co-founder and CEO of CellType.
David van Dijk @david_van_dijk
CellType is at YC Startup School. We're building the biological world model: specialized LLMs that simulate biology instead of just reasoning about it. Want to work on this? Come talk to Ivan and Shawn. https://t.co/mmag7hv5ae
Jul 26, 2026 · ♥ 92 · ⇄ 2
David van Dijk @david_van_dijk
The CellType team is at YC Startup School this weekend. If you’re building at the intersection of ML and biology, find Ivan and Shawn today. We’re hiring people who want to build foundation models for biology. https://t.co/Ypv6sDrbYH
Jul 26, 2026 · ♥ 8 · ⇄ 1
David van Dijk @david_van_dijk
Our #ICML2026 Spotlight: Variational Learning for Insertion-based Generation. We treat generation order as a latent variable, so the model learns where, what, and when to insert tokens. Native variable-length generation, strong on planning and molecular SMILES. 🗓 Tue Jul 7, https://t.co/Zzss2gXYvL
Jul 8, 2026 · ♥ 15 · ⇄ 2
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Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran CellType's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, David can intro founders to CellType's investors below.
CellType's investors · 3
Co-founders at CellType
