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James He

Founder

Founder at Artificial Societies

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedArtificial Societies · YC

About

James He studied computational social science at Cambridge and previously worked at Yonder, a credit card startup, where he developed lending machine learning systems. He co-founded Artificial Societies in October 2024.

Founder at Artificial SocietiesYC W25

Intro paths

YC

James went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, James can intro founders to Artificial Societies's investors below.

Artificial Societies's investors · 4

Kindred CapitalLondonPoint72 VenturesNew York · $1M – $75M checks · since 2025Transpose Platform ManagementHoustonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Artificial Societies

PSPatrick Sharpe
Patrick SharpeFounder

Experience

  1. Artificial SocietiesFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
  2. YonderML & Data Science2022 — 2024
  3. University of CambridgeData Analyst2021 — 2023
  4. MRC Biostatistics UnitResearch Assistant2022Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Machine Learning3Social Network Analysis2Predictive Modeling1Behavioral Science1Recommender Systems1Mathematical ModelingNatural Language Processing (NLP)1Data AnalysisAcademic PublishingMonte Carlo SimulationPython (Programming Language)3R (Programming Language)1

Languages Chinese · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is James He?
James He studied computational social science at Cambridge and previously worked at Yonder, a credit card startup, where he developed lending machine learning systems. He co-founded Artificial Societies in October 2024.
Where does James He work?
James He is Founder of Artificial Societies.
What companies did James He found?
James He founded Artificial Societies.
Where did James He go to school?
James He studied at Y Combinator; University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Behavioural Sciences).

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University of Cambridge mafia381

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Shared employers

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Patrick SharpeFounder at Artificial Societies

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Remus BrettGeneral Partner at Phoenix CourtTim ChongFounder at Yonder

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