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Jean Kaddour

Founder

Founder at Sagaland

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedSagaland · YC

Find your path to Jean

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

Anya RajaniunlockedJean: together at UCL (2020–2023)

×2Jean: together at UCL

×3Jean: together at Google Deepmind

×6Jean: together at Seoul National University

About

Jean Kaddour holds a PhD in machine learning from University College London.

Founder at Sagaland YC W24

Intro paths

YC

Jean went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Jean can intro founders to Sagaland's investors below.

Sagaland's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Sagaland

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Srijan Patel

Srijan PatelFounder

Experience

Google DeepMindResearch Scientistcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
SevnAICo-Founder2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
Reka AIResearch Intern2022 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
BCG GAMMAData Scientist2019

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jean Kaddour?: Jean Kaddour holds a PhD in machine learning from University College London.
Where does Jean Kaddour work?: Jean Kaddour is Founder of Sagaland.
What companies did Jean Kaddour found?: Jean Kaddour founded Sagaland.
Where did Jean Kaddour go to school?: Jean Kaddour studied at UCL (PhD); Y Combinator (W24); Seoul National University (Semester Abroad, Computer Science).

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Imperial College London mafia378

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Nessan BerminghamDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Korro Bio +2 David SchilanskyMScFounded One Biosciences +2 David MyttonMaster of Science - MSFounded Server Density +1 Slava SolonitsynMBAFounded No Cap +1 Barnaby MaletTeaching AssistantFounded machine0 +1 Advait RuiaBachelor of Engineering (BEng)Founded SuperTokens +1

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UCL mafia250

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Demis HassabisPhDFounded Google Deepmind +2 Nessan BerminghamDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Korro Bio +2 Kes ThygesenBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded Rolepoint +2 Mark TrefgarneBAFounded Liverail +2 Steven RenwickPhDFounded Tilores +2 Rand HindiBscFounded Zama +1

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Seoul National University mafia43

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Lloyd LeeBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Hyperithm +1 Nicolas SchweitzerFounded Inclusio +1 Younghyun ChungBachelor of ScienceFounded Corca +1 Sung ChoB.SFounded Chartmetric +1 Sangrok OhBachelor's DegreeFounded Hyperithm John S. KimComputer ScienceFounded Sendbird

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Google Deepmind mafia18

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Demis HassabisCEOFounded DeepMind +1 Philipp PfeiffenbergerSenior Staff Software EngineerFounded Deluux Will WhitneyResearch ScientistFounded Audobox Ali ÇevikGroup Product ManagerFounded VizeraLabs Rohan DoshiSenior Product ManagerFounded Penguin AI Yulong LiuResearch EngineerFounded GreenTally

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Same school

Also attended UCL706

Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMind André DuboisInvestor at Index Ventures Frédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Marie FerriInvestor at Daphni Elena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

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Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

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Also attended Seoul National University133

Jinho JangDirector, Quantitative Research at Deerfield Management Company Jaejoon SongCEO at Crit Ventures Dongwoo LeeDirector / Investment Team at Crit Ventures Sungjoong KimSenior Associate / Investment Team at Crit Ventures Byung Geon Rhee, PhDHead of Advisory Board at Adelphi Ventures Management, Llc John YangInvestor at Riverwood Capital

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Also attended Imperial College London820

Deji SasegbonVP, Platform & Portfolio Operations at EchoVC Partners Madison LenormandInvestor at Daphni Loubaba El AyoubiInvestor at Northzone Giovanni MariggiInvestor at Medicxi Francois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi Ben PerryInvestor at Medicxi

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Shared employers

Also worked at Google DeepMind104

Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMind Mustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AI Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Arthur MenschCo-founder & CEO of Mistral AI Gabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of Harvey Jeff RoseAdvisor at AI Capital

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Also worked at SevnAI1

Srijan PatelFounder at Sagaland

Also worked at Reka AI6

Daniel MuletPartner at Radical Ventures Rob ToewsPartner at Radical Ventures Cyprien de Masson d'AutumeDirector at Reka Mikel ArtetxeFounder at Reka Qi LiuFounder at Reka Mateusz MalinowskiCo-founder & Chief Scientific Officer at Moonvalley

Also worked at BCG GAMMA12

Sylvain DurantonManaging Director & Senior Partner; Global Leader, BCG X at The Boston Consulting Group Olivier BouffaultManaging Director & Senior Partner; Global Leader, Operations Practice at The Boston Consulting Group Vladimir LukicManaging Director & Senior Partner; Global Leader, Tech and Digital Advantage Practice at The Boston Consulting Group Franziska SchellerAssociate Data & AI Strategy at Vidia Fredrik BlomInvestor at A1 Ecom Group Colin GallePrincipal at Ridgemont Equity

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