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Joe Fioti

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Founder / CEO at Luminal

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedLuminal · YC

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About

Joe Fioti previously worked at Intel on CPU microcode and ML accelerators. He is now building tools to automatically generate GPU kernels for machine learning models.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder / CEO at LuminalYC S25

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YC

Joe went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Luminal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Luminal's investors · 23

Album VCLehi · $500K – $3M checks · since 2025Alex LeeBatch VenturesBlast.Club$5.5M checksCloverfield Funds LPLynnwoodCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2025Crosslink CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $9M checks · since 2025Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2025Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Hack VCPalo Alto · $3M checks · since 2025Innovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2025Magnetic VenturesBoston · $1M – $6M checks · since 2025Metsu CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2014Palm Drive CapitalNew York · $500K – $5M checksPareto HoldingsSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Pelion Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Saga VenturesAustinSpot VCNewarkStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSterling RoadSan Francisco · $25K – $150K checksUpHonest CapitalSilicon Valley · $50K – $1M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Luminal

MGMatthew Gunton
Matthew GuntonFounder
JSJake Stevens
Jake StevensFounder

Experience

  1. Luminal (YC S25)Co-Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Intel CorporationSoftware Engineer2022 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
  3. Sidekick AIFounder2020 — 2024United States
  4. Lockheed MartinSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022
  5. Penn State UniversityAdjunct Lecturer2020 — 2022

Skills & more

Desktop Application Development5Machine Learning5Mobile Applications5Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Data Mining2

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joe Fioti?
Joe Fioti previously worked at Intel on CPU microcode and ML accelerators. He is now building tools to automatically generate GPU kernels for machine learning models.
Where does Joe Fioti work?
Joe Fioti is Founder / CEO of Luminal.
What companies did Joe Fioti found?
Joe Fioti founded Luminal.
What companies has Joe Fioti invested in?
Investments tracked here include Blank Bio, Embedder, Lilac, Verne Robotics.
Where did Joe Fioti go to school?
Joe Fioti studied at Y Combinator (S25); Penn State University (Computer Science, Machine Learning); Dallas Senior High School.

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Dallas Senior High School mafia2

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Same school

Also attended Dallas Senior High School1

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