John Newsom
FounderCo-Founder & CTO at Parametric
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedParametric · YC
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 ParametricYC F25
Intro paths
YC
John went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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
Co-founders at Parametric
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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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