Where does John Newsom work?

John Newsom is Co-Founder & CTO of Parametric.

What companies did John Newsom found?

John Newsom founded Parametric.

Where did John Newsom go to school?

John Newsom studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences).

John Newsom

Founder

Co-Founder & CTO at Parametric

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedParametric · YC

Find your path to John

1,065 people in our graph share verified history with John — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

John Newsom led the self-driving team at Parallel Systems and conducted robotics research at BAIR, with focus on world models and large language models.

Co-Founder & CTO at Parametric YC F25

Intro paths

John went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Parametric's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, John can intro founders to Parametric's investors below.

Parametric's investors · 5

Mubadala CapitalAbu Dhabi · $1M – $50M checks · since 2024 Opera Tech VenturesParis · $3.2M – $16M checks · since 2024 Space CapitalNew York City · since 2024 Swell PartnersNew York City · $500K – $600K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Parametric

Cody SwainCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

Parametric (YC F25)Co-Founder and CTOcurrent2025 — present
ParallelTech Lead, Autonomy2024 — 2025
ParallelSoftware Engineer, Perception2021 — 2024
TEECOMResearch and Development Intern2018Oakland, CA

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Newsom?: John Newsom led the self-driving team at Parallel Systems and conducted robotics research at BAIR, with focus on world models and large language models.
Where does John Newsom work?: John Newsom is Co-Founder & CTO of Parametric.
What companies did John Newsom found?: John Newsom founded Parametric.
Where did John Newsom go to school?: John Newsom studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences).

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