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Kion Fallah

Founder

Founder / CEO at Experiential Labs

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedExperiential Labs · YC

About

Kion Fallah holds a PhD in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech and a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio State. He was previously a Staff Research Scientist at Waabi, where he directed the mixed reality simulation team for autonomous vehicle testing.

Founder / CEO at Experiential LabsYC S26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Experiential Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kion can intro founders to Experiential Labs's investors below.

Experiential Labs's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Experiential Labs

SNSilen Naihin
Silen NaihinFounder

Experience

  1. Experiential LabsCEO / Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. South Park CommonsMember2026San Francisco, CA
  3. WaabiStaff Research Scientist2025San Francisco, CA
  4. WaabiSenior Research Scientist2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  5. WaabiResearch Intern2022
  6. Capital OneSoftware Engineer Intern2019McLean, Virginia
  7. Texas InstrumentsHardware Engineer Intern2018Santa Clara, California
  8. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2017Marysville, Ohio

Skills & more

Leadership10Public Speaking8Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)10Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)10Signal Processing5Machine Learning3Technical Communication2Python14Java9React.js5PyTorch1

Languages English · Farsi

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kion Fallah?
Kion Fallah holds a PhD in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech and a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio State. He was previously a Staff Research Scientist at Waabi, where he directed the mixed reality simulation team for autonomous vehicle testing.
Where does Kion Fallah work?
Kion Fallah is Founder / CEO of Experiential Labs.
What companies did Kion Fallah found?
Kion Fallah founded Experiential Labs.
Where did Kion Fallah go to school?
Kion Fallah studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning); The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Dublin Jerome High School (IB Diploma).

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Also worked at Experiential Labs1

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