About
James Hennessey holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Computer Graphics from University College London and has led computer vision work at Pupil. He previously worked at Adobe and Disney, and was an Entrepreneur First fellow.
Founder at HypermileYC S20
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, James can intro founders to Hypermile's investors below.
Hypermile's investors · 1
Co-founders at Hypermile
JL
Jakub LangrFounder
Experience
- MetaEngineering Managercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- HypermileCo-founder and CEO/CTO (Acquired)2020 — 2024United Kingdom
- CrossTechLead Data Scientist2019 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- PupilHead of Computer Vision2018 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- PupilResearch Engineer (Computer Vision)2018London Area, United Kingdom
- University College LondonPHD Graduate Student2013 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
- Disney ResearchLab Associate2017Greater Los Angeles Area
- AdobeResearcher2016San Francisco Bay Area
- AdobeResearcher2015Greater Seattle Area
- Entrepreneur FirstEF1 Cohort Member2012 — 2013London Area, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Computer Graphics3Computer Vision3Machine Learning5C++4OpenGLPython1Matlab1Computer Science11PHP21Software Engineering11JavaScript8Android5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Hennessey?
- James Hennessey holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Computer Graphics from University College London and has led computer vision work at Pupil. He previously worked at Adobe and Disney, and was an Entrepreneur First fellow.
- Where does James Hennessey work?
- James Hennessey is Founder of Hypermile.
- What companies did James Hennessey found?
- James Hennessey founded Hypermile.
- Where did James Hennessey go to school?
- James Hennessey studied at Y Combinator (Summer 2020 Batch); UCL (Engineering Doctorate (equiv. PhD), Virtual Environments); UCL (MSc, Computer Science).
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