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Kanyes Thaker

Founder

Founder at Hyper

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedHyper · YC

About

Kanyes Thaker is cofounder and president at Hyper. Previously, he led autonomy at Matic Robots and worked as a field development engineer at Snorkel AI. He holds a degree in computer science and mathematics from UC Berkeley (2021) and has prior experience in quantitative finance roles at Goldman Sachs and Point72.

Founder at HyperYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Kanyes went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hyper's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kanyes can intro founders to Hyper's investors below.

Hyper's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Hyper

SSShalin Shah
Shalin ShahFounder

Experience

  1. HyperCo-Founder & Presidentcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. MaticAutonomy Lead - Motion Planning2023 — 2025Mountain View, California, United States
  3. Snorkel AIApplied Machine Learning Engineer II2021 — 2023
  4. Point72Market Intelligence Intern, TMT Sector2020
  5. Goldman SachsSummer Investment Banking Strats Analyst2019New York, New York

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kanyes Thaker?
Kanyes Thaker is cofounder and president at Hyper. Previously, he led autonomy at Matic Robots and worked as a field development engineer at Snorkel AI. He holds a degree in computer science and mathematics from UC Berkeley (2021) and has prior experience in quantitative finance roles at Goldman Sachs and Point72.
Where does Kanyes Thaker work?
Kanyes Thaker is Founder of Hyper.
What companies did Kanyes Thaker found?
Kanyes Thaker founded Hyper.
Where did Kanyes Thaker go to school?
Kanyes Thaker studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Mathematics); University High School (High School Diploma).

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