Nicholas Pipitone
FounderFounder at ZeroEntropy
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedZeroEntropy · YC
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About
Nicholas Pipitone studied theoretical mathematics and computer science before leaving Carnegie Mellon University to work on startups. He has served as CTO and lead developer across multiple companies, with experience in low-level systems programming, quantitative trading algorithms, and blockchain auditing, and has worked on AI systems for several projects.
Founder at ZeroEntropyYC W25
Intro paths
Nicholas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran ZeroEntropy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- ZeroEntropyCo-founder and CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ManifestTech Lead2024
- Myko AIAI Engineer2023 — 2024
- Alpha EVCrypto Quant2022 — 2023Manhattan, New York, United States
- WhistCTO2020 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- Art of Problem SolvingSoftware Engineer2018San Diego County, California, United States
- Dycom Industries, IncSoftware Engineer2018West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Self-EmployedFreelance Software Engineer2015 — 2017
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nicholas Pipitone?
- Nicholas Pipitone studied theoretical mathematics and computer science before leaving Carnegie Mellon University to work on startups. He has served as CTO and lead developer across multiple companies, with experience in low-level systems programming, quantitative trading algorithms, and blockchain auditing, and has worked on AI systems for several projects.
- Where does Nicholas Pipitone work?
- Nicholas Pipitone is Founder of ZeroEntropy.
- What companies did Nicholas Pipitone found?
- Nicholas Pipitone founded ZeroEntropy.
- Where did Nicholas Pipitone go to school?
- Nicholas Pipitone studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Systems); Suncoast.
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