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Dayton Thorpe

Founder

Founder at Mercator

United States

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedMercator · YC

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Founder at MercatorYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Dayton went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Mercator's investors · 1

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Co-founders at Mercator

ADAndrew Duberstein
Andrew DubersteinFounder

Experience

  1. CoinbaseSenior Data Scientistcurrent2025 — present
  2. InstacartSenior Data Scientist II2024 — 2025
  3. MercatorCo-Founder & CEO2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. InstacartSenior Data Scientist2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. InstacartData Scientist2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Valor Equity PartnersData Scientist2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics
  2. University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science, Math and Physics

Skills & more

Generative AIMachine LearningLarge Language Models (LLM)Python (Programming Language)SQL

From Dayton's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 981 more

Also attended University of Southern California376

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

+ 370 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Instacart26

Alex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek VenturesHrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven

+ 20 more

Also worked at Valor Equity Partners8

Kirsten SiladiController at K5 GlobalEashani MalhotraAssociate at SDCL Green Energy Solutions EuropeEddie LouVenture Partner at Mercury FundSequoia JohnsonAnalyst at 1Sharpe VenturesKennie BlancoGeneral Partner and Chief Investment Officer at L'ATTITUDE VenturesJudd MorgensternManaging Partner at Partners Resolute

+ 2 more

Network1

Srini Akkaraju
Founder and Managing Partner at Samsara BioCapital

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