Where does Joe Gonzalez work?

Joe Gonzalez is Founder of Vernius Systems, Inc..

What companies did Joe Gonzalez found?

Joe Gonzalez founded Vernius Systems, Inc..

Where did Joe Gonzalez go to school?

Joe Gonzalez studied at California State University-Sacramento (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator.

Joe Gonzalez

Founder

Founder at Vernius Systems, Inc.

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedVernius Systems, Inc. · YC

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Co-founder of Vernius Systems who previously founded Plucky Labs (a backend-as-a-service for AI chat), XP Protocol, and Huddln, and worked as a Solutions Architect at Sandia National Labs on secure communications for the US Navy Tomahawk fleet. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Sacramento State.

Founder at Vernius Systems, Inc.YC S26

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Vernius Systems, Inc.'s investors · 16

Agrolimen Ventures Batch Ventures Cape Fear VenturesWilmington Founder CapitalSilicon Valley · $25K – $100K checks Grant Park VenturesLos Altos Northside VenturesToronto · $73K – $365K checks Palm Drive CapitalNew York · $500K – $5M checks PioneerToronto, Ontario Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks Rice CapitalCovina Strider Capital Team IgniteFolsom · $15M checks UA1Winnetka Vest Capital Partners Will Price Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Vernius Systems, Inc.

Hisham El-HalabiFounder

Arthur Nguyen-caoFounder/CEO

Experience

Vernius Systems, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSF
Phoenix MarketFounding Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
HuddlnCEO & Foundercurrent2020 — present
PluckyLabsCEO & Co-Founder2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
WorkdayIntegration & DevOps Engineer2018 — 2021
Sandia National LaboratoriesSolutions Architect2016 — 2018
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseR&D Storage Performance Engineer (Intern)2015 — 2016

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Key Performance Indicators3Public Speaking2CommunicationQuality AssuranceTechnical LeadershipFunctionalitySystem ArchitectureJava11Machine Vision9OpenCV6C++7

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CC#VerilogVHDLManagementProject ManagementLeadershipx86 Assembly

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Who is Joe Gonzalez?: Co-founder of Vernius Systems who previously founded Plucky Labs (a backend-as-a-service for AI chat), XP Protocol, and Huddln, and worked as a Solutions Architect at Sandia National Labs on secure communications for the US Navy Tomahawk fleet. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Sacramento State.
Where does Joe Gonzalez work?: Joe Gonzalez is Founder of Vernius Systems, Inc..
What companies did Joe Gonzalez found?: Joe Gonzalez founded Vernius Systems, Inc..
Where did Joe Gonzalez go to school?: Joe Gonzalez studied at California State University-Sacramento (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator.