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James Thomas

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Software Engineer at Databricks Ventures · Founder at Dialect

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedDialect · YC

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1,826 people in our graph share verified history with James — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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James: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About

James Thomas is the founder of Dialect, which builds AI software that generates automated responses to forms, RFPs, and questionnaires.

Founder at DialectYC S22

Intro paths

YC

James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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

Dialect's investors · 4

Jump CryptoChicago · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2022Otium CapitalParisY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Dialect

TGTony Ginart
Tony GinartFounder
TSTejas Sundaresan
Tejas SundaresanFounder

Experience

  1. DatabricksSoftware Engineercurrent2024 — present
  2. DialectCo-Founder2022 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. XilinxCTO Group Intern2019
  4. DatabricksSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Francisco, CA
  5. MicrosoftResearch Intern2015Redmond, WA
  6. ClouderaSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco, CA
  7. BenchlingSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco, CA
  8. Palantir TechnologiesSimulation Software Engineer Intern2013Palo Alto, CA
  9. ClouderaSoftware Engineering Intern2012
  10. Boston Children's HospitalResearch Intern2011
  11. NASA Ames Research CenterSoftware Development Intern2010
  12. AtyponSoftware Development Intern2009

Skills & more

Data Structures2Algorithms14Design Patterns2Bioinformatics6Java22C11HTML2C++8JavaScript14PHP10Python20SQL1
+3 moreMySQLCSSLinux

Languages English · Malayalam

From James's professional profile.

Colleagues at Databricks Ventures

Alex Laterza
Advisor at Exceptional Ventures
Ali Ghodsi
Co-founder & CEO of Databricks
Andrew Krioukov
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Andy Kofoid
President, Databricks at Smith Point Capital
Andy Konwinski
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Arsalan Tavakoli
Investor at Foundation Capital
Christina Farhat
Investor at E14 Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is James Thomas?
James Thomas is the founder of Dialect, which builds AI software that generates automated responses to forms, RFPs, and questionnaires.
Where does James Thomas work?
James Thomas is Founder of Dialect and Software Engineer at Databricks Ventures.
What companies did James Thomas found?
James Thomas founded Dialect.
Where did James Thomas go to school?
James Thomas studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M. Eng., S.B.); Bellarmine College Preparatory.

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