About
Martin Pan holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering and robotics from the University of Pennsylvania. He previously worked as an automations engineer at General Motors.
Founder at KorsoYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Martin went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Korso's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Martin can intro founders to Korso's investors below.
Korso's investors · 1
Co-founders at Korso
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Daichi HiraokaFounder
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Alex LiuFounder
Experience
- afterfiveCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentIrvine, California, United States
- KorsoCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentIrvine, California, United States
- General MotorsAutomations Engineer2025Warren, Michigan, United States
- Penn Electric RacingMechanical Member2024 — 2025Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Michigan College of EngineeringResearch Assistant - NeuRRo Lab2023 — 2024
- UC IrvineResearch Assistant - UCI Sustainability Decathlon Team2022 — 2023Irvine, California, United States
Skills & more
Robotics1Funding1KinematicsComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Finite Element Analysis (FEA)Project ManagementSoftware Project ManagementVenture CapitalLarge Language Models (LLM)Machine LearningMachining2Manufacturing Engineering
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3D PrintingFunctional RehabilitationNeural NetworksSOLIDWORKSFastAPIPython (Programming Language)JavaScriptJavaSQLAutodesk Fusion 360C++From Martin's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Martin Pan?
- Martin Pan holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering and robotics from the University of Pennsylvania. He previously worked as an automations engineer at General Motors.
- Where does Martin Pan work?
- Martin Pan is Founder of Korso.
- What companies did Martin Pan found?
- Martin Pan founded Korso.
- Where did Martin Pan go to school?
- Martin Pan studied at University of Pennsylvania (BSE Mechanical Engineering + MSE Robotics); Y Combinator (P26); Portola High School.
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Shared employers
Also worked at afterfive2
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Also worked at General Motors78
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