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Diederik Vink

Founder

Founder at nCompass Technologies

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundednCompass Technologies · YC

About

Diederik Vink completed a PhD from Imperial College London focused on reconfigurable hardware and machine learning acceleration, and previously worked as an AI feasibility consultant evaluating AI startups. He is building nCompass, a platform for deploying open-source and custom large language models with inference optimization.

Founder at nCompass TechnologiesYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Diederik went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran nCompass Technologies's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Diederik can intro founders to nCompass Technologies's investors below.

nCompass Technologies's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at nCompass Technologies

ARAditya Rajagopal
Aditya RajagopalCo-Founder

Experience

  1. nCompass Technologies Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. UndoEngineering Consultant2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Imperial College LondonPHD Student2018 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
  4. ArmMPG Architecture and Modelling Intern2017Greater Cambridge Area
  5. ARMSystems and Software Intern2016Greater Cambridge Area
  6. Real Time Power, Inc.Software Engineering Intern2015Zurich, Switzerland
  7. Real Time Power, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2014Zurich, Switzerland
  8. NeuroTherm, Inc.Electrical Engineering Intern2013Wilmington, MA
  9. University of ZurichBrain Research Institute Intern2012 — 2013Zurich, Switzerland

Skills & more

C++14C11Analysis6Microsoft Office2Verilog HDL3Engineering2Altera Quartus II2Python4Mathematics1SQL1Matlab2Research2
+9 moreMicrosoft WordARM ISARubyMIPS ISAXSLTVivado HLSField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)BashLaTeX

Languages Dutch · English · German · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Diederik Vink?
Diederik Vink completed a PhD from Imperial College London focused on reconfigurable hardware and machine learning acceleration, and previously worked as an AI feasibility consultant evaluating AI startups. He is building nCompass, a platform for deploying open-source and custom large language models with inference optimization.
Where does Diederik Vink work?
Diederik Vink is Founder of nCompass Technologies.
What companies did Diederik Vink found?
Diederik Vink founded nCompass Technologies.
Where did Diederik Vink go to school?
Diederik Vink studied at Imperial College London (Master of Engineering (MEng), Electronic and Informations Engineering); Inter Community School Zurich (International Baccalaureate, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates).

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