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Ivan Vrkic

Founder

Co-Founder at CellType

United States

FoundedCellType · YC

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1,264 people in our graph share verified history with Ivan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedIvan: together at Y Combinator (2026)
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Ivan: together at Technische Universität Wien

About

Ivan Vrkic is a co-founder of CellType, a drug discovery company. He studied machine learning at Yale and EPFL, contributed to Cell2Sentence research published at ICML, and previously led foundation model training at a biotech startup and developed software for CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

Co-Founder at CellTypeYC W26

Intro paths

YC

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

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

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In turn, Ivan can intro founders to CellType's investors below.

CellType's investors · 3

ACVC PartnersSilicon ValleyY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026ZAKA VCSan Francisco

Co-founders at CellType

DVDavid van Dijk
David van DijkCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

  1. CellType (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Yale UniversityResearcher, Machine Learningcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
  3. Advanced SiliconResearcher, Machine Learning2023 — 2024Switzerland
  4. EPFLGraduate Student Researcher, Machine Learning and Computer Vision2022 — 2023Switzerland
  5. SiemensSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022

Skills & more

Machine LearningComputer ScienceLarge Language Models (LLM)Python (Programming Language)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ivan Vrkic?
Ivan Vrkic is a co-founder of CellType, a drug discovery company. He studied machine learning at Yale and EPFL, contributed to Cell2Sentence research published at ICML, and previously led foundation model training at a biotech startup and developed software for CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Where does Ivan Vrkic work?
Ivan Vrkic is Co-Founder of CellType.
What companies did Ivan Vrkic found?
Ivan Vrkic founded CellType.
Where did Ivan Vrkic go to school?
Ivan Vrkic studied at EPFL (Master's program, Computer Science); Technische Universität Wien (Master's program).

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Also worked at CellType (YC W26)1

David van DijkCo-Founder & CEO at CellType