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Dustin Klebe

Founder

Founder at Sonia

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSonia · YC

About

Dustin Klebe studied computer science at ETH Zurich and conducted AI research at MIT. He previously worked as an ML engineer at the educational technology company Knowunity and held a leadership role with the German Excellence Scholarship organization.

Founder at SoniaYC W24

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Sonia's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Dustin can intro founders to Sonia's investors below.

Sonia's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Sonia

LWLukas Wolf
Lukas WolfFounder

Experience

  1. Sonia (YC W24)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
  2. Y CombinatorBatch W242024San Francisco, California, United States
  3. IBMMachine Learning Researcher2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. KnowunityMachine Learning Engineer2022 — 2023

Skills & more

Problemlösung

From Dustin's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dustin Klebe?
Dustin Klebe studied computer science at ETH Zurich and conducted AI research at MIT. He previously worked as an ML engineer at the educational technology company Knowunity and held a leadership role with the German Excellence Scholarship organization.
Where does Dustin Klebe work?
Dustin Klebe is Founder of Sonia.
What companies did Dustin Klebe found?
Dustin Klebe founded Sonia.
Where did Dustin Klebe go to school?
Dustin Klebe studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Visiting Researcher, Computer Science - Machine Learning); ETH Zürich (Master of Science, Computer Science); ETH Zürich (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

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ETH Zürich mafia103

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Knowunity mafia2

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Valerie BuresBoard MemberFounded Vaha

Knowunity mafia2

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,608

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesCat WuInvestor at Index VenturesKJ SidberryInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Steve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaurin DaiInvestment Manager, Physical AI & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sonia (YC W24)3

Yannick MüllerFounder at FlikeLukas WolfFounder at SoniaNirbhay NarangFounder at AirCaps

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Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator

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Also worked at IBM833

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also worked at Knowunity7

Sebastian BeckerGeneral Partner at redalpineAlexandre GlaserInvestment Director at EducapitalMila CramerPrincipal at Project ARémi PrunierSenior Principal at Orange Digital VenturesGabbi CahanePartner at Stride VCValerie BuresPartner and head of DACH at XAnge

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