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Jake Stevens

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Founder at Luminal

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedLuminal · YC

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

Shaun ChaudhuriunlockedJake: together at Apple (2018)
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×8Jake: together at Rochester Institute of Technology

About

Jake Stevens is a cofounder at Luminal, which develops automated GPU kernel generation for machine learning models. He previously worked at Apple.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at LuminalYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Jake went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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 Luminal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jake can intro founders to Luminal's investors below.

Luminal's investors · 3

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Luminal

JFJoe Fioti
Joe FiotiFounder / CEO
MGMatthew Gunton
Matthew GuntonFounder

Experience

  1. Luminal (YC S25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. EnovoneHead of Growth2024 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
  3. Delight RewardsCo-Founder2020 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
  4. PaybleCo-Founder2018 — 2020
  5. Rochester Institute of TechnologyCalculus I TA2018
  6. AppleCamera Architecture Intern2018Cupertino, California
  7. Rochester Institute of TechnologyCalculus II TA2018Rochester, New York Area
  8. Rochester Institute of TechnologyStats for Imaging TA2018Rochester, New York
  9. Aeroptic, LLCSystems Engineering Intern2017Greater Boston Area
  10. Convergent Audio TechnologyElectrical Engineering Intern2014 — 2015Rush, New York

Skills & more

Python10Image Processing10Remote Sensing7Systems Engineering43D Printing2Calibration2LabVIEW2Matlab3Microsoft Excel2C++2SolidWorks2Microsoft Office4
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jake Stevens?
Jake Stevens is a cofounder at Luminal, which develops automated GPU kernel generation for machine learning models. He previously worked at Apple.
Where does Jake Stevens work?
Jake Stevens is Founder of Luminal.
What companies did Jake Stevens found?
Jake Stevens founded Luminal.
Where did Jake Stevens go to school?
Jake Stevens studied at Y Combinator (S25); Rochester Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Major imaging science).

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