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Nam Nguyen
FounderCTO at Cohesive · Founder at truthsystems · Founder at Alterno
New York, New York, United States
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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.
CTO at CohesiveYC X25
Intro paths
Nam went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Nam can intro founders to Cohesive's investors below.
Cohesive's investors · 14
Co-founders at Cohesive
Founder at truthsystemsYC S25
Intro paths
Nam went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran truthsystems's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Nam can intro founders to truthsystems's investors below.
truthsystems's investors · 6
Co-founders at truthsystems
Founder at Alterno
Intro paths
In turn, Nam can intro founders to Alterno's investors below.
Alterno's investors · 5
Co-founders at Alterno
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 Alterno and CTO at Cohesive and Founder at truthsystems.
- What companies did Nam Nguyen found?
- Nam Nguyen founded Alterno, Cohesive, Cohesive, truthsystems.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Google mafia1,712
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Microsoft mafia1,488
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University of Oxford mafia782
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Williams College mafia53
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