About
James Smith is co-founder and COO of Hessian, overseeing customer engagement and production AI pipeline deployment. He previously spent five years at Bloomberg developing data infrastructure for financial services and worked at DRW on commodities trading data systems; he holds a degree in computer science from Durham University.
Co-Founder at HessianYC X26
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hessian's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, James can intro founders to Hessian's investors below.
Hessian's investors · 2
Co-founders at Hessian
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Bao NguyenCo-Founder & CEO
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Tom WatsonFounder