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Garry TanunlockedLucas: together at Y Combinator (2025)
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About
Lucas Mantovani is co-founder and CEO of Velvet. He previously worked on video data systems at Meta's FAIR lab and earned a computer science degree with honors from University of Chicago. He was a Brazilian olympiad competitor in mathematics and physics.
Founder at VelvetYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Lucas went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Velvet's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Velvet's investors below.
Velvet's investors · 4
Co-founders at Velvet
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Lucas TuckerFounder
Experience
- VelvetCo-founder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Fundação EstudarFellow - Techcurrent2022 — presentBrazil
- MetaResearch Engineer2024 — 2025New York, NY
- MetaSoftware Engineering Intern2023Menlo Park, California, United States
- University of ChicagoMachine Learning + Cognitive Science Research Assistant2022 — 2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
- FacebookWeb Engineering Intern2022Menlo Park, California, United States
- UChicago MedicineMachine Learning Research Assistant2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
- StoneSoftware Engineer2021São Paulo, Brazil
- Lola AISoftware Engineer2021Tel Aviv, Israel
- Harris School of Public Policy at the University of ChicagoData Science Research Assistant2020 — 2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
Skills & more
Languages English · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish
From Lucas's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucas Mantovani?
- Lucas Mantovani is co-founder and CEO of Velvet. He previously worked on video data systems at Meta's FAIR lab and earned a computer science degree with honors from University of Chicago. He was a Brazilian olympiad competitor in mathematics and physics.
- Where does Lucas Mantovani work?
- Lucas Mantovani is Founder of Velvet.
- What companies did Lucas Mantovani found?
- Lucas Mantovani founded Velvet.
- Where did Lucas Mantovani go to school?
- Lucas Mantovani studied at Y Combinator; University of Chicago (Bachelor of Science - B.S, Computer Science (Honors)); University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Science).
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