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About
Leon Yao is the founder of Whitespace. He previously worked as a Research Engineer at Instadeep on reinforcement learning for optimization problems, and held the CTO role at Test and Tutor. He holds an MSc in Machine Learning and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from UCL.
CTO at WhitespaceYC S26
Intro paths
Leon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Whitespace's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Leon can intro founders to Whitespace's investors below.
Whitespace's investors · 7
Co-founders at Whitespace
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leon Yao?
- Leon Yao is the founder of Whitespace. He previously worked as a Research Engineer at Instadeep on reinforcement learning for optimization problems, and held the CTO role at Test and Tutor. He holds an MSc in Machine Learning and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from UCL.
- Where does Leon Yao work?
- Leon Yao is CTO of Whitespace.
- What companies did Leon Yao found?
- Leon Yao founded Whitespace.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,686
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UCL mafia311
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