About
James Thomas is Co-Founder and CEO of Radical, which develops high-altitude solar-powered aircraft. He previously spent six years at Amazon Prime Air working on aerodynamics and aircraft design for delivery drones.
Founder at RadicalYC W23
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Radical's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, James can intro founders to Radical's investors below.
Radical's investors · 3
Co-founders at Radical
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Cyriel NotteboomFounder
Experience
- RadicalCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSr. Research Scientist - Prime Air2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonResearch Scientist II - Prime Air2018 — 2021Seattle, WA
- AmazonResearch Scientist - Prime Air2017 — 2018Seattle, WA
- AmazonFlight Support Engineer - Prime Air2016 — 2017Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Titan Motorsport and Automotive EngineeringProject Engineer2015 — 2016Cambridge, United KIngdom
- University of SouthamptonUAV Research Intern2014Southampton, United Kingdom
Education
- Y CombinatorW232023
- University of SouthamptonMasters, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,464
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended University of Southampton46
Adrian RaduInvestor at Khosla VenturesLinda VõerasVenture Partner at Karma VenturesFrancesco MonacaInvestor at Giant Ventures Global LlpDamilola Teidi-AyoolaHead, Platform & Networks at Ventures PlatformSeyon IndranPrincipal at Concept VenturesWill Fraser-AllenManaging Partner at AlbionVC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Radical1
Also worked at Amazon356
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
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