Gus Trigos
FounderFounder at Mentum Β· Founder at Runtime
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedMentum Β· YCRuntime Β· YC
About
Gus Trigos previously founded Mentum, a Y Combinator S21 company that was acquired. He is currently building Runtime.
Gus Trigos @gustrigos
Come hear about our learnings building Runtime :) https://t.co/4RgI93FwUR
Jul 15, 2026 Β· β₯ 12
Gus Trigos @gustrigos
Fable 5 is available again in Runtime. We're so back! https://t.co/MWbd4k0ZYj
Jul 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 5
Gus Trigos @gustrigos
YC Demo Day #2 done. $1k to $20k MRR in three months. Runtime started as an idea I couldn't stop thinking about over the winter holidays. Tokens were getting cheaper and models were getting better, and my bet was that coding agents would go mainstream, well beyond https://t.co/0GIrSTQh1K
Jun 17, 2026 Β· β₯ 40 Β· β 1
Founder at MentumYC S21
Intro paths
Gus went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Gus can intro founders to Mentum's investors below.
Mentum's investors Β· 4
Founder at RuntimeYC X26
Intro paths
Gus went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β 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 β the partner who ran Runtime's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Gus can intro founders to Runtime's investors below.
Runtime's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Runtime
Experience
- RuntimeCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- NuvocargoAI Product Engineer2025 β 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- Mentum (Acquired by Nuvocargo)Co-Founder & CEO2021 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- BlackRockQuant, Quantitative Investment Group2021San Francisco, California, United States
- Newday Impact InvestingLead Data Scientist2019 β 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Y Combinator
- Hult International Business SchoolMaster of Science, Data Science
- Hult International Business SchoolBachelor's Degree, Statistics
Skills & more
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Node.jsSQLMySQLPostgreSQLPublic SpeakingTeam LeadershipPersuasive SpeakerArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningInterest Rate DerivativesPortfolio ManagementResearchLanguages English Β· Portuguese Β· Spanish
- Sequence Models β Coursera
- Deep Learning Specialization β Coursera
- Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra β Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks β Coursera
- Financial Markets (with Honors) β Coursera
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects β Coursera
- Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance β Coursera
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization β Coursera
- Guided Tour of Machine Learning in Finance β Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning β Coursera
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,474
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Also attended Hult International Business School39
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nuvocargo3
Also worked at BlackRock175
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