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About
Nicholas Kao is the founder of Comfy Deploy, which provides a collaborative platform for building and deploying media generation workflows on managed GPU infrastructure.
Founder at Comfy DeployYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Nicholas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Comfy Deploy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Comfy Deploy
Experience
- Stealth StartupFoundercurrent2026 — present
- Comfy DeployFounder2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- Ad AurisFounding Engineer2020 — 2022Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- UBC Launch PadSoftware Developer2021 — 2022Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- ProcurifySoftware Engineer Co-op2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- The University of British ColumbiaCPSC 100 Teaching Assistant2020 — 2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Tutor Time ChildcareTechnical Intern2019Hong Kong
Skills & more
Rust (Programming Language)2C#2Networking2DDoS MitigationApplication Programming InterfacesSoftware DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureRelational DatabasesNoSQLNode.jsPython (Programming Language)Pandas (Software)
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Back-End Web DevelopmentJavaScriptTypeScriptReact.jsContinuous IntegrationGitTest AutomationProject ManagementGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Languages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nicholas Kao?
- Nicholas Kao is the founder of Comfy Deploy, which provides a collaborative platform for building and deploying media generation workflows on managed GPU infrastructure.
- Where does Nicholas Kao work?
- Nicholas Kao is Founder of Comfy Deploy.
- What companies did Nicholas Kao found?
- Nicholas Kao founded Comfy Deploy.
- What companies has Nicholas Kao invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Mochi.
- Where did Nicholas Kao go to school?
- Nicholas Kao studied at The University of British Columbia (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Island School (IB Diploma).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,603
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident and CEOFounded Posterous +2Jessica LivingstonFounder, RetiredFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded The Offseason +2Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2015Founded Avarra Enterprise Avatar and AI-simulation +3
Microsoft mafia1,496
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +3David SacksFounderFounded Yammer +2Garry TanProgram ManagerFounded Posterous +2Nat FriedmanCorporate Vice President, Developer ServicesFounded Andromeda Robotics +3Kai-Fu LeeCorporate Vice President (last job)Founded 01Bill GatesFounderFounded Gates Foundation +2
University of British Columbia mafia279
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Weiting LiuBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Everyday.me +2Maricel SaenzBachelor of Commerce (BCom)Founded NextBiotics +1Ajay AgrawalDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) +1Matthew AndersonBachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)Founded A&K Robotics Inc +1Alan ChiuBAScFounded Boba Network +1Alexander HarmsenBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded PortfolioPilot +1
Procurify mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended The University of British Columbia576
Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment GroupRares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, Llc
+ 570 more
Also attended Island School8
Michael MatsumuraPartner at Scrum VenturesSanjay CastelinoOperating Advisor at Elsewhere PartnersJonathan ChengManaging Director, Head of Trading at MBK PartnersSal IsmailGeneral Partner at Mount Parker VenturesJonathan CheungInvestment Principal at CMCC GlobalLuke TubergenCo-Founder of the Ember Fund & Managing Partner at Ember
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stealth Startup541
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
+ 535 more
Also worked at Comfy Deploy1
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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