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.
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Founder at Comfy DeployYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Nicholas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Comfy Deploy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Nicholas can intro founders to Comfy Deploy's investors below.
Comfy Deploy's investors Β· 1
Experience
- Stealth StartupFoundercurrent2026 β present
- Comfy DeployFounder2024 β 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2022 β 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- Ad AurisFounding Engineer2020 β 2022Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- UBC Launch PadSoftware Developer2021 β 2022Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- ProcurifySoftware Engineer Co-op2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- The University of British ColumbiaCPSC 100 Teaching Assistant2020 β 2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Tutor Time ChildcareTechnical Intern2019Hong Kong
Education
- The University of British ColumbiaBachelor's degree, Computer Science2018 β 2022
- Island SchoolIB Diploma2009 β 2016
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
From Nicholas's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
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The University of British Columbia mafia63
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Weiting LiuBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Everyday.me +2Moody AbdulBachelor of Commerce - BComFounded Klarify +1Ali KashaniPhDFounded Serve RoboticsHelge SeetzenPhDFounded TandemlaunchSuneel GokhaleJDFounded VenturesouqAjay AgrawalDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Creative Destruction Lab
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Same school
Also attended The University of British Columbia229
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
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Also attended Island School1
Shared employers
Also worked at Stealth Startup330
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalGΓΌimar Vaca SitticVenture Partner at FJ Labs
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Also worked at Microsoft1,056
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures
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