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1,014 people in our graph share verified history with Nam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
HemamunlockedNam: together at Stealth Startup (2023–2024)
×2Nam: together at Stealth Startup
Nam: together at University of Oxford
×4Nam: together at Y Combinator
About
Nam Nguyen was a founding engineer at Starlight, a fintech company within South Park Commons, and previously worked as an ML engineer at Microsoft. He currently leads Cohesive, focusing on AI solutions for blue-collar entrepreneurs.
Founder at CohesiveYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Nam 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 Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Cohesive's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Cohesive's investors · 2
Co-founders at Cohesive
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Kevin ZhangFounder
Founder at Cohesive
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Cohesive's investors · 2
Co-founders at Cohesive
Experience
- Cohesive AI (YC X25)Cofoundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- Stealth StartupCo-Founder2023 — 2024New York, United States
- StarlightFounding Engineer2022 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer (NLP)2019 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineering (Google Hotels)2018Cambridge, MA
- Hutchin Hill CapitalQuantitative Analyst2017Greater Boston Area
Skills & more
Kubernetes5Computer VisionTypeScriptCompilersDebuggersNatural Language Processing (NLP)Deep LearningSoftware Development1Research3Programming2Web Development5Data Analysis1
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Project ManagementTeachingVue.jsDockerBlockchainWeb3Amazon Web Services (AWS)Next.jsPostgreSQLRustC#Rust (Programming Language)From Nam's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nam Nguyen?
- Nam Nguyen was a founding engineer at Starlight, a fintech company within South Park Commons, and previously worked as an ML engineer at Microsoft. He currently leads Cohesive, focusing on AI solutions for blue-collar entrepreneurs.
- Where does Nam Nguyen work?
- Nam Nguyen is Founder of Cohesive.
- What companies did Nam Nguyen found?
- Nam Nguyen founded Cohesive, Cohesive.
- Where did Nam Nguyen go to school?
- Nam Nguyen studied at Y Combinator (X25); Williams College (Bachelor's Degree with Honors; Phi Beta Kappa, Mathematics & Computer Science); University of Oxford (Visiting Student, Mathematics and Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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University of Oxford mafia622
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanM.St.Founded LinkedIn +2Gabriel PereyraDropped outFounded HarveyBrent HobermanMaster of Arts - MAFounded Founders Pledge +4Kevin HartzMstFounded Eventbrite +3William GuttmanM.PhilFounded CurvePoint +3Tom BlomfieldMaster's DegreeFounded Starling Bank +2
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Williams College mafia47
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chase ColemanBAFounded Tiger GlobalSteve CaseFounded DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG)Evan PowellBAFounded DeepTempo +3Ali MoizB.A (unfinished)Founded Stonks +2Bryan BirsicPolitical EconomyFounded Fundboard +2Thomas EblingBAFounded Pillar +1
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Williams College192
Chase ColemanFounder & Partner of Tiger Global ManagementSteve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOLChris PicardoPartner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3Isabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauNino MarakovicPartner, CEO at Sapphire VenturesTiffany YuPrincipal at 7wire Ventures
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Also attended University of Oxford1,771
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cohesive AI (YC X25)1
Also worked at Stealth Startup486
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray Ventures
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Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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