Where does Gus Trigos work?

Gus Trigos is Founder of Mentum and Founder at Runtime.

What companies did Gus Trigos found?

Gus Trigos founded Mentum, Runtime.

Where did Gus Trigos go to school?

Gus Trigos studied at Y Combinator; Hult International Business School (Master of Science, Data Science); Hult International Business School (Bachelor's Degree, Statistics).

Gus Trigos

Founder

Founder at Runtime · Founder at Mentum

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMentum · YC Runtime · YC

Find your path to Gus

10,380 people in our graph share verified history with Gus — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

David ColtonunlockedGus: together at YC S21 (2021)

×5Gus: together at YC S21

×5Gus: together at BlackRock

Gus: together at Runtime

About

Gus Trigos previously founded Mentum, a Y Combinator S21 company that was acquired. He is currently building Runtime.

Founder at Runtime YC X26

Intro paths

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

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Runtime's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Gus can intro founders to Runtime's investors below.

Runtime's investors · 7

Flyover CapitalKansas City · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023 Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks Kakao VenturesSeongnam · $297K – $27M checks · since 2026 Mashup Ventures$160K – $3.2M checks · since 2026 Mirae Asset Venture Investment$594K – $54M checks · since 2026 New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Runtime

Carlos VolanteFounder

Founder at Mentum YC S21

Intro paths

Gus went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Gus can intro founders to Mentum's investors below.

Mentum's investors · 4

Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $637K – $32M checks · since 2022 Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022 Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2022 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Experience

RuntimeCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
NuvocargoAI Product Engineer2025 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
Mentum (Acquired by Nuvocargo)Co-Founder & CEO2021 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
BlackRockQuant, Quantitative Investment Group2021San Francisco, California, United States
Newday Impact InvestingLead Data Scientist2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Python18Microsoft Excel13Matlab4R2Adobe Photoshop9Microsoft Word3Java1Python (Programming Language)1HTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptFlask

+12 more

Node.jsSQLMySQLPostgreSQLPublic SpeakingTeam LeadershipPersuasive SpeakerArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningInterest Rate DerivativesPortfolio ManagementResearch

Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish

Sequence Models — Coursera
Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra — Coursera
Convolutional Neural Networks — Coursera
Financial Markets (with Honors) — Coursera
Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Coursera
Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance — Coursera
Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
Guided Tour of Machine Learning in Finance — Coursera
Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gus Trigos?: Gus Trigos previously founded Mentum, a Y Combinator S21 company that was acquired. He is currently building Runtime.
Where does Gus Trigos work?: Gus Trigos is Founder of Mentum and Founder at Runtime.
What companies did Gus Trigos found?: Gus Trigos founded Mentum, Runtime.
Where did Gus Trigos go to school?: Gus Trigos studied at Y Combinator; Hult International Business School (Master of Science, Data Science); Hult International Business School (Bachelor's Degree, Statistics).