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Nicholas McCormick

Founder

Founder at Superpowered AI

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

FoundedSuperpowered AI · YC

About

Nicholas McCormick is the lead developer at Superpowered AI and studied engineering at the University of Tennessee. Previously, he worked as a developer at a quantitative hedge fund, where he built backtesting infrastructure.

Founder at Superpowered AIYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Nicholas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Superpowered AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Nicholas can intro founders to Superpowered AI's investors below.

Superpowered AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Superpowered AI

JCJustin Clark
Justin ClarkFounder
DMDillon Martin
Dillon MartinFounder
ZMZach McCormick
Zach McCormickFounder

Experience

  1. ZaymoSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — present
  2. D-StarCo-founder and CTO2024 — 2025
  3. D-StarCo-founder and CTO at D-Star2024
  4. Superpowered AICo-Founder2023 — 2024
  5. Levo FinancialCo-founder and Lead developer2020 — 2023Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
  6. Alpha Southern Capital, LLCChief Technology Officer2019 — 2021Chattanooga, Tennessee
  7. White Oak Capital ManagementCo-Founder2016 — 2019

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)MySQLReact NativeWeb DevelopmentMechanical EngineeringMatlabAutodesk InventorAutodesk Software

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nicholas McCormick?
Nicholas McCormick is the lead developer at Superpowered AI and studied engineering at the University of Tennessee. Previously, he worked as a developer at a quantitative hedge fund, where he built backtesting infrastructure.
Where does Nicholas McCormick work?
Nicholas McCormick is Founder of Superpowered AI.
What companies did Nicholas McCormick found?
Nicholas McCormick founded Superpowered AI.
Where did Nicholas McCormick go to school?
Nicholas McCormick studied at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville mafia7

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Also attended University of Tennessee, Knoxville38

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Shared employers

Also worked at Zaymo2

Brice DouglasFounder at ZaymoDaniel JonesFounder at Zaymo

Also worked at D-Star1

Zach McCormickFounder at Superpowered AI

Also worked at Superpowered AI2

Justin ClarkFounder at Superpowered AIZach McCormickFounder at Superpowered AI

Also worked at Levo Financial2

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