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Gabriele Pasquale

Founder

Founder at Dipole Labs

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedDipole Labs · YC

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215 people in our graph share verified history with Gabriele — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Logan HilleunlockedGabriele: together at Harvard University (2024)
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Gabriele: together at EPFL

About

Co-founder and CTO of Dipole Labs, which builds optical switching and compute modules aimed at making AI clusters faster and more energy-efficient. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard, working on photonic and quantum devices across materials science, optics, and AI.

Founder at Dipole LabsYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Gabriele went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Dipole Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Gabriele can intro founders to Dipole Labs's investors below.

Dipole Labs's investors · 2

Fifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Dipole Labs

DTDeepankur Thureja
Deepankur ThurejaFounder

Experience

  1. Dipole LabsCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Harvard UniversityPostdoctoral Fellowcurrent2024 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)PHD Student2019 — 2024Lausanne Metropolitan Area
  4. KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyResearch Student2018 — 2020Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
  5. ETH ZürichMaster Thesis2019Zurich, Switzerland

Skills & more

Leadership1Public Speaking3Creativity Skills1Physics3Data Analysis2Nanotechnology3Materials Science3Optics3LaTeX1Matlab2OriginLab1Python (Programming Language)
+2 moreCleanroom2D materials

Languages English · French · Italian · Spanish · Swedish

  • Summer Internship — University of Cambridge
  • VSRP workshop in Bioimaging — KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gabriele Pasquale?
Co-founder and CTO of Dipole Labs, which builds optical switching and compute modules aimed at making AI clusters faster and more energy-efficient. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard, working on photonic and quantum devices across materials science, optics, and AI.
Where does Gabriele Pasquale work?
Gabriele Pasquale is Founder of Dipole Labs.
What companies did Gabriele Pasquale found?
Gabriele Pasquale founded Dipole Labs.
Where did Gabriele Pasquale go to school?
Gabriele Pasquale studied at EPFL (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science and Engineering); KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Engineering Physics); Politecnico di Torino (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Engineering Physics).

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Deepankur ThurejaFounder at Dipole Labs

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