Ethan Fast
FounderFounder at Proxino · Founder at Vcreate
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedProxino · YCVcreate
About
Ethan Fast is Co-Founder and CTO at Vcreate, a company engineering T-cells to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, where his research spanned human-computer interaction, machine learning, and programming languages, and he is a Y Combinator alum (S11). His work combines immunology and machine learning, including deep learning models for TCR-antigen interaction, models for MHC class II antigen presentation published in Nature Biotechnology, and the identification of T-cell and B-cell epitopes for SARS-CoV-2.
Founder at ProxinoYC S11
Intro paths
YC
Ethan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Proxino
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Muzzammil (MZ) ZaveriFounder
Founder at Vcreate
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Experience
- VcreateCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2021 — presentSan Carlos, California, United States
- NashAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentMenlo Park, distributed team
- NashCo-Founder and Chief Research Officer2020 — 2021Menlo Park, distributed team
- NashCo-founder and CTO2018 — 2020Menlo Park, distributed team
- Other Research CollaborationsResearchercurrent2017 — present
- Independent ProjectsWritercurrent2016 — present
- Brown Institute for Media InnovationResearch Fellow2017 — 2018
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Researcher2013 — 2018
- MicrosoftVisiting Researcher2016Greater Seattle Area
- ProxinoFounder2011 — 2012Menlo Park, CA
- University of VirginiaResearch Assistant2009 — 2011
- Santa Fe InstituteSummer REU2010Santa Fe, New Mexico Area
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship6Data Analysis4Artificial Intelligence3Start-ups1BlockchainMachine Learning1Management2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ethan Fast?
- Ethan Fast is Co-Founder and CTO at Vcreate, a company engineering T-cells to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, where his research spanned human-computer interaction, machine learning, and programming languages, and he is a Y Combinator alum (S11). His work combines immunology and machine learning, including deep learning models for TCR-antigen interaction, models for MHC class II antigen presentation published in Nature Biotechnology, and the identification of T-cell and B-cell epitopes for SARS-CoV-2.
- Where does Ethan Fast work?
- Ethan Fast is Founder of Proxino and Founder at Vcreate.
- What companies did Ethan Fast found?
- Ethan Fast founded Proxino, Vcreate.
- Where did Ethan Fast go to school?
- Ethan Fast studied at Stanford University (PhD, Computer Science); Y Combinator; University of Virginia (BA, Computer Science).
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