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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.
CTO at ParametricYC 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, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Parametric's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, John can intro founders to Parametric's investors below.
Parametric's investors · 7
Co-founders at Parametric
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 CTO of Parametric.
- What companies did John Newsom found?
- John Newsom founded Parametric.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of California, Berkeley mafia1,343
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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