About
Founder and CEO of Atum Works, which develops scalable 3D lithography technology for printing metal structures with submicron resolution in advanced manufacturing.
Founder / CEO at Atum WorksYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Lucas went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Atum Works's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Atum Works's investors below.
Atum Works's investors · 4
Co-founders at Atum Works
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Matteo KimuraFounder
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Malcolm TisdaleFounder
Experience
- Atum WorksCo-Founder + CEOcurrent2024 — present
- CaltechDavid L Goodstein SURF Fellow2023Pasadena, California, United States
- CaltechTeam Lead: NASA Extreme Terrain Mobility Challenge2021 — 2023
- Caltech Space Challenge 2022Team Lead2022
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Pathways (Civil Servant) - Optics2021
- CaltechStaff Scientist Assistant - Greer Group2020 — 2021
- CaltechKavli Nanoscience Institute SURF-the-WAVE Fellow - Greer Group2020
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Pathways (Civil Servant) - Attitude Control Systems2020
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Intern - Propulsion2020
- Self-employedIndependent Hybrid Rocket Research2017 — 2019
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucas Pabarcius?
- Founder and CEO of Atum Works, which develops scalable 3D lithography technology for printing metal structures with submicron resolution in advanced manufacturing.
- Where does Lucas Pabarcius work?
- Lucas Pabarcius is Founder / CEO of Atum Works.
- What companies did Lucas Pabarcius found?
- Lucas Pabarcius founded Atum Works.
- Where did Lucas Pabarcius go to school?
- Lucas Pabarcius studied at Caltech (BS, Physics); Stanford University (MS, EE); Wesleyan University (Physics, Sculpture).
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