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Leeav Lipton

Founder

Founder at Terranox AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTerranox AI · YC

About

Leeav Lipton is co-founder and CTO of Terranox AI. He previously conducted remote sensing research at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and spent over eight years as an AI/ML scientist at Borealis AI.

Founder at Terranox AIYC W26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Terranox AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Leeav can intro founders to Terranox AI's investors below.

Terranox AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Terranox AI

JCJade Checlair
Jade CheclairFounder

Experience

  1. Terranox AI (YC W26)Co-founder & CTOcurrent2026 — present
  2. RBC BorealisHead of AI/ML Systems2023 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. RBC BorealisLead – AI/ML Systems2019 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  4. RBC BorealisStaff AI/ML Scientist2017 — 2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  5. NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryResearch Scientist2015 — 2016

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningResearchNumerical AnalysisData AnalyticsData ReductionSystems Analysis

From Leeav's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Leeav Lipton?
Leeav Lipton is co-founder and CTO of Terranox AI. He previously conducted remote sensing research at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and spent over eight years as an AI/ML scientist at Borealis AI.
Where does Leeav Lipton work?
Leeav Lipton is Founder of Terranox AI.
What companies did Leeav Lipton found?
Leeav Lipton founded Terranox AI.
Where did Leeav Lipton go to school?
Leeav Lipton studied at University of Toronto (BSc, Astrophysics).

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