Find your path to Ken
290 people in our graph share verified history with Ken — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Clay RobbinsunlockedKen: together at Square (2014–2016)
×7Ken: together at Square
×3Ken: together at University of California, Santa Cruz
Ken: together at AmeriCorps VISTA
About
Ken Van Haren holds a PhD in statistics from Duke University and has previously worked at Google and Square before founding Patterns.
Founder at PatternsYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Ken went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ken can intro founders to Patterns's investors below.
Patterns's investors · 6
Co-founders at Patterns
CS
Chris StanleyFounder
Experience
- KVH Fund IIIInvestorcurrent2016 — present
- PatternsCo-Founder2021 — 2024SF
- SquareData Science Lead2013 — 2016
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2010
- SAMSIGraduate Research Fellow2009 — 2010
- LoomiaSoftware Engineer2008 — 2009
- AmeriCorps VISTAAmericorps Volunteer2004 — 2005Fresno, California, United States
Skills & more
Team Leadership1Recommender Systems6Natural Language Processing5Statistics22Machine Learning43Data Mining20Predictive Analytics1Django1Python25Bayesian statistics5Information Retrieval3Data Science4
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ken Van Haren?
- Ken Van Haren holds a PhD in statistics from Duke University and has previously worked at Google and Square before founding Patterns.
- Where does Ken Van Haren work?
- Ken Van Haren is Founder of Patterns.
- What companies did Ken Van Haren found?
- Ken Van Haren founded Patterns.
- Where did Ken Van Haren go to school?
- Ken Van Haren studied at Duke University (PhD Candidate, Machine Learning and Statistics); Y Combinator (S21); University of California, Santa Cruz (BA, Computational Mathematics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Duke University mafia288
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Marc AndreessenBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded OpswareFred EhrsamB.S.Founded Nudge +1Zach PerretBSFounded PlaidDavid CummingsBSFounded Undaunted +6George ChurchBachelor's degreeFounded Editas Medicine +5Ian PeikonBSEFounded Cajalneuro +2
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University of California, Santa Cruz mafia62
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Daniela AmodeiBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded AnthropicTim ThimmaiahBusiness ManagementFounded Toneden +1Brian VallelungaBachelor’s DegreeFounded Doppler Technologies Inc +1Mike CagneyMSFounded Figure Markets +1Josh NicholsonBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Scite +1Dimitri StiliadisMSFounded Aporeto +1
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Same school
Also attended Duke University948
Marc AndreessenCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAyaan PatelInvestor at Lightbank
+ 942 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of California, Santa Cruz187
Daniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of AnthropicNeha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture PartnersChristine SamsAssistant Controller at Crosslink CapitalAnne FoorInvestor at Khosla VenturesNoor NijjerHead of Investor Relations at Sierra VenturesJohn BurkeCo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOF
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Shared employers
Also worked at Patterns3
Also worked at Square119
Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire Ventures
+ 113 more
Also worked at Google2,000
Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
+ 1,994 more
Also worked at AmeriCorps VISTA8
Jane CommerfordOperations at 8VCEmilie AbramsInvestment Associate at The Yield Lab EuropeMatt DunneFounder and Executive Director, Center on Rural Innovation at CORI InnovationBusiel (Buzz) MorleyAnalyst at AtomicoJason WangSenior Associate at Vivo CapitalLuke MarshallExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at VitalFlo
+ 2 more