Mike Palmer
FounderFounder/CEO at Unicornly
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedUnicornly Β· YC
About
Mike Palmer holds degrees in computer science and physics. He previously worked on web search at Inktomi, conducted research in computational biology and machine learning at Stanford, and founded and led ZipCam.
Founder/CEO at UnicornlyYC W14
Intro paths
YC
Mike went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Mike can intro founders to Unicornly's investors below.
Unicornly's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Unicornly
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Brian GolerFounder
Experience
- Stanford UniversityVisting Scholarcurrent2022 β presentDepartment of Biology
- BlendidBoard Observercurrent2018 β presentSunnyvale, CA
- ZipCamFounder & CEO2019 β 2021Palo Alto, CA
- HiQ SolarBoard Member2017 β 2020Sunnyvale, CA
- HiQ SolarBoard Observer2013 β 2017Sunnyvale, CA
- Sand Hill AngelsAngel Investor2016 β 2018
- Band of AngelsAngel Investor2013 β 2018Menlo Park, CA
- Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital)Entrepreneur In Residence2017Palo Alto, CA
- Peloton TechnologyDirector of Research2016 β 2017Mountain View, CA
- Unicorn.lyCo-founder & CEO2013 β 2016Palo Alto, CA
- Peloton TechnologyBoard Observer2013 β 2015
- Stanford UniversityResearch Associate, Department of Biology2010 β 2013
- Stanford UniversityVisiting Scholar, Department of Biology2005 β 2010
- Harvard UniversityVisiting Scientist, School of Public Health2003 β 2005
- Inktomi CorporationCTO, Search Division1996 β 2001
Skills & more
Angel Investing5Machine Learning14Cloud Computing4Big Data5Scientific Computing6Scalability6Large Scale Systems1High Performance Computing4Robotics3Artificial Neural Networks2Information Retrieval2Mathematical Modeling2
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Evolutionary BiologyComputational BiologyPopulation GeneticsEvolutionary ComputationBioinformaticsSequence AnalysisStart-upsEntrepreneurshipEmbedded SystemsLinuxPythonSpeciationLanguages French Β· Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike Palmer?
- Mike Palmer holds degrees in computer science and physics. He previously worked on web search at Inktomi, conducted research in computational biology and machine learning at Stanford, and founded and led ZipCam.
- Where does Mike Palmer work?
- Mike Palmer is Founder/CEO of Unicornly.
- What companies did Mike Palmer found?
- Mike Palmer founded Unicornly.
- Where did Mike Palmer go to school?
- Mike Palmer studied at Caltech (Ph.D., Computer Science); Yale University (B.S., Physics).
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