Nicholas Wagner
FounderFounder at Opentrons
Orefield, Pennsylvania, United States
FoundedOpentrons · YC
About
Nicholas Wagner holds degrees in mathematics and analytical finance from Lehigh University and an MBA in finance from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He co-founded Opentrons Labware and previously worked on software development, and currently focuses on applications of generative AI to quantitative research.
Founder at OpentronsYC W16
Intro paths
YC
Nicholas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Nicholas can intro founders to Opentrons's investors below.
Opentrons's investors · 13
EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksFuture VenturesLos Altos · $1M – $10M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2021Lerer HippeauNew York · $500K – $2M checks · since 2021MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksMillennium New HorizonsSilicon ValleyMillennium Technology Value PartnersBelgradeSoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2021SoftBank Vision FundLondonTSVCSilicon Valley · $1M checksVectors AngelY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016
Co-founders at Opentrons
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Will CanineFounder/CPO
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Chiu ChauFounder
Experience
- Opentrons Labworks Inc.Opentrons Co-Founder - Software / Software Engineer2014 — 2016New York, New York, United States
Skills & more
Natural Language Processing (NLP)Neural Network Architecture DesignNetwork ArchitectureFine TuningNeural NetworksData ResearchLarge Language Models (LLM)PyTorchData StructuresComputer ScienceQuantitative DataPandas (Software)
+12 more
LinuxNumPyVectorizationDeep LearningAttributionFinancial MarketsQuantitative AnalyticsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Software DevelopmentFinanceData AnalysisMachine Learning- Learn2Serve Food Safety Management Principles — 360training
- Getting Started with Accelerated Computing in CUDA C/C — NVIDIA
- Getting Started with Deep Learning — NVIDIA
- [CLP-12-01] CLP – C Certified Professional Programmer — C++ Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nicholas Wagner?
- Nicholas Wagner holds degrees in mathematics and analytical finance from Lehigh University and an MBA in finance from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He co-founded Opentrons Labware and previously worked on software development, and currently focuses on applications of generative AI to quantitative research.
- Where does Nicholas Wagner work?
- Nicholas Wagner is Founder of Opentrons.
- What companies did Nicholas Wagner found?
- Nicholas Wagner founded Opentrons.
- Where did Nicholas Wagner go to school?
- Nicholas Wagner studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance); Lehigh University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics).
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