About
John Piotti is an MIT graduate who previously worked as a robotics engineer at Aurora Flight Science and Boeing, and as a full stack developer at UtilityAPI. He is now CTO at Sensei, focused on robotic training data collection.
Founder at SenseiYC S24
Intro paths
YC
John went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Sensei's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, John can intro founders to Sensei's investors below.
Sensei's investors · 7
Co-founders at Sensei
AG
Anubhav GuhaFounder
Experience
- Sensei Robotics (YC S24)Co-Founder, CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Stealth StartupCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- UtilityAPISoftware Engineer2023 — 2024
- Aurora Flight Sciences CorporationRobotics Software Engineer2019 — 2022Greater Boston Area
- MITUndergraduate Research Assistant2017 — 2019Greater Boston Area
- MITLab Assistant for 6.01 Class2016Greater Boston Area
- University of MaineResearch Intern2016Bangor, Maine Area
Skills & more
Python4Solidworks3Matlab2PSoC2Java3Arduino3HTML3JavaScript2Circuit Design2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Piotti?
- John Piotti is an MIT graduate who previously worked as a robotics engineer at Aurora Flight Science and Boeing, and as a full stack developer at UtilityAPI. He is now CTO at Sensei, focused on robotic training data collection.
- Where does John Piotti work?
- John Piotti is Founder of Sensei.
- What companies did John Piotti found?
- John Piotti founded Sensei.
- Where did John Piotti go to school?
- John Piotti studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co.Nat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinMatt HuangB.S.Founded HotspotsDelian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1Drew HoustonBSFounded Dropbox +1Arash FerdowsiComputer ScienceFounded Dropbox
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Aurora mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Billy ThalheimerInternship Program ManagerFounded REGENTMichael KlinkerIntelligent Systems EngineerFounded REGENTCraig BonnoitLead Computational MathematicianFounded TrellusAnubhav GuhaData & Analytics EngineerFounded SenseiSteve MessingerGuidance, Navigation, and Control EngineerFounded Perseus DefenseAndrew KurtzStaff Mechanical EngineerFounded Nine Fives
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sensei Robotics (YC S24)1
Also worked at Stealth Startup351
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier Capital
+ 345 more
Also worked at UtilityAPI1
Also worked at Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation7
Vinit NijhawanManaging Director at MassVenturesBilly ThalheimerFounder at REGENTMichael KlinkerFounder at REGENTCraig BonnoitFounder at TrellusAnubhav GuhaFounder at SenseiSteve MessingerFounder at Perseus Defense
+ 1 more