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About
Josh Purtell is founder and CEO of Synth. Previously, he served as research scientist at Basis, an AI-powered accounting automation platform, and built machine learning infrastructure for cyber threat intelligence at Halborn following an acqui-hire of his startup Politeia. He holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Yale, where he conducted time-series machine learning research.
CEO at SynthYC F24
Intro paths
Josh went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Synth's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Josh can intro founders to Synth's investors below.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Purtell?
- Josh Purtell is founder and CEO of Synth. Previously, he served as research scientist at Basis, an AI-powered accounting automation platform, and built machine learning infrastructure for cyber threat intelligence at Halborn following an acqui-hire of his startup Politeia. He holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Yale, where he conducted time-series machine learning research.
- Where does Josh Purtell work?
- Josh Purtell is CEO of Synth.
- What companies did Josh Purtell found?
- Josh Purtell founded Synth.
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