Jan Schnyder
InvestorFounderSpeedrun Scout at Andreessen Horowitz · Founder at nunu.ai
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Foundednunu.ai · YC
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About
Founder of nunu.ai, which develops multi-modal AI agents for game testing, simulation, and player cooperation.
Founder at nunu.aiYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Jan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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nunu.ai's investors · 5
Co-founders at nunu.ai
KH
Kyrill HuxFounder
NM
Nicolas MuntwylerFounder
Experience
- nunu.aiCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Andreessen HorowitzSpeedrun Scoutcurrent2025 — present
- ETH ZürichData Scientist (Research Assistant)2022
- University of ZurichTeaching Assistant2019 — 2022Zurich, Switzerland
- ESGROUPSoftware Engineer Intern2020Zurich, Switzerland
Skills & more
Crime Prevention1Criminal Intelligence1Machine Learning33Deep Learning28Artificial Intelligence (AI)5Deep Reinforcement Learning5Computer Science5Programming3Data Science2Neuroinformatics3Natural Language Understanding2Python (Programming Language)30
- Forbes 30 under 30 Europe — Forbes
- Cambridge CAE — Cambridge English
- Deep Reinforcement Learning: Actor-Critic Algorithms — Udemy Academy
From Jan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Andreessen Horowitz
Adam Alpert
Founder at Pangea.app
Aditya Mehta
Founder at Suggestr
Aiden Slavin
Policy at a16z crypto
Alex Immerman
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Alex Rampell
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Ali Yahya
General Partner at a16z crypto
Alisha Litman
Events at a16z crypto
Andrew Chen
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jan Schnyder?
- Founder of nunu.ai, which develops multi-modal AI agents for game testing, simulation, and player cooperation.
- Where does Jan Schnyder work?
- Jan Schnyder is Founder of nunu.ai and Speedrun Scout at Andreessen Horowitz.
- What companies did Jan Schnyder found?
- Jan Schnyder founded nunu.ai.
- Where did Jan Schnyder go to school?
- Jan Schnyder studied at Y Combinator (W23); ETH Zürich (Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence); University of Zurich (Bachelor's degree, Artificial Intelligence).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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ETH Zürich mafia196
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Andreessen Horowitz mafia68
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University of Zurich mafia35
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Shared employers
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