About
Neil Nie is co-founder and CEO of Verne Robotics, a company developing robotics technology focused on multi-modal perception capabilities.
Founder at Verne RoboticsYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Neil went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Verne Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Neil can intro founders to Verne Robotics's investors below.
Verne Robotics's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Verne Robotics
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Aditya JhaFounder
Experience
- Verne RoboticsCo-founder & CEOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Lucky RobotsAdvisorcurrent2025 β present
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Student Researcher (SVL)2023 β 2025Stanford, California, United States
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Course Assistant2023 β 2025Stanford, California, United States
- AppleCV/ML Intern2024Cupertino, California, United States
- AppleCV/ML Intern2023Cupertino, California, United States
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkTeaching Assistant2021 β 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearcher2021 β 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- AppleSoftware Engineer Intern2022Cupertino, CA
- Columbia University Robotics Club (CURC)Autonomous Vehicles Lead2021 β 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- Columbia University Robotics Club (CURC)President2020 β 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- Columbia University Robotics Club (CURC)Software Team Lead2019 β 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- AppleSoftware Engineer Intern2021
- AppleSoftware Engineer Intern2020
- Columbia Space InitiativeSoftware Engineer2019 β 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- TED ConferencesTEDxDeerfield Executive Committee Member2017 β 2019Deerfield, Massachusetts
- Self EmployedIndependent iOS Developer2013 β 2019
- University of Massachusetts AmherstResearch Assistant2018Amherst, MA
Skills & more
Deep Learning2University Teaching3Sensor Fusion1NumPyComputer Science2Linear AlgebraiOS Development7Programming10Robotics11Apple Developer3Software Development3Machine Learning4
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Neil Nie?
- Neil Nie is co-founder and CEO of Verne Robotics, a company developing robotics technology focused on multi-modal perception capabilities.
- Where does Neil Nie work?
- Neil Nie is Founder of Verne Robotics.
- What companies did Neil Nie found?
- Neil Nie founded Verne Robotics.
- Where did Neil Nie go to school?
- Neil Nie studied at Stanford University (Master's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S25); Columbia University (Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering).
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