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Marguerite Benoist

Founder

CTO at AquaShield

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAquaShield · YC

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About

Marguerite Benoist is a robotics researcher from Harvard who serves as co-founder and CTO at AquaShield.

CTO at AquaShieldYC X26

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YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran AquaShield's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Co-founders at AquaShield

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Who is Marguerite Benoist?
Marguerite Benoist is a robotics researcher from Harvard who serves as co-founder and CTO at AquaShield.
Where does Marguerite Benoist work?
Marguerite Benoist is CTO of AquaShield.
What companies did Marguerite Benoist found?
Marguerite Benoist founded AquaShield.

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