About
Lucas Ngoo is co-founder and former CTO of Carousell, a mobile marketplace platform. He is now founder and CEO of Cortex AI, which focuses on developing egocentric and robotic datasets.
Founder at Cortex AIYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Lucas went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Cortex AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Cortex AI's investors below.
Experience
- Cortex AI (YC F25)Foundercurrent2025 — present
- CareSense.aiCo-Founder2024 — 2025
- CarousellCo-founder2012 — 2024Singapore
- RedbeaconSoftware Engineer Internship2011San Mateo, CA
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucas Ngoo?
- Lucas Ngoo is co-founder and former CTO of Carousell, a mobile marketplace platform. He is now founder and CEO of Cortex AI, which focuses on developing egocentric and robotic datasets.
- Where does Lucas Ngoo work?
- Lucas Ngoo is Founder of Cortex AI.
- What companies did Lucas Ngoo found?
- Lucas Ngoo founded Cortex AI.
- Where did Lucas Ngoo go to school?
- Lucas Ngoo studied at National University of Singapore (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering); Stanford University (NDO, Technopreneurship).
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Same school
Also attended National University of Singapore332
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Shared employers
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