Where does Nick Warren work?

Nick Warren is COO & Co-Founder of GroundControl.

What companies did Nick Warren found?

Nick Warren founded GroundControl.

Where did Nick Warren go to school?

Nick Warren studied at Y Combinator (X25 Batch); Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador (Undergraduate, Computer Engineering).

Nick Warren

Founder

COO & Co-Founder at GroundControl

Canada

FoundedGroundControl · YC

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160 people in our graph share verified history with Nick — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Anne CaillatunlockedNick: together at Apple (2019)

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About

Nick Warren previously worked at InspectAR, which was acquired by Cadence, and at Apple's Satellite Product Group on emergency communication features. He now focuses on artificial intelligence applications for highly-regulated manufacturing.

COO & Co-Founder at GroundControl YC X25

Intro paths

Nick went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran GroundControl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Nick can intro founders to GroundControl's investors below.

GroundControl's investors · 2

Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at GroundControl

Mehul ShahCEO & Co-Founder

Matthew NoseworthyCTO & Co-Founder

Experience

GroundControlCOO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
Cadence Design SystemsLead Software Engineer2020 — 2023
inspectARCo-Founder, COO2019 — 2020
AppleSpecial Projects & MFi2018 — 2019
Paradigm HyperloopSoftware Team2017 — 2018
Lemur Vehicle MonitorsEngineering Co-op2016
SobeysTechnical Analyst Co-op2015

Skills & more

Memes6Dog Walking7Hydration2Product Innovation7Electronics6Electrical Engineering5iOS Development7Technology Integration5Web Development2Time Management6Teamwork10Communication6

+7 more

LeadershipC++JavaObjective-CJavaScriptGitSwift

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nick Warren?: Nick Warren previously worked at InspectAR, which was acquired by Cadence, and at Apple's Satellite Product Group on emergency communication features. He now focuses on artificial intelligence applications for highly-regulated manufacturing.
Where does Nick Warren work?: Nick Warren is COO & Co-Founder of GroundControl.
What companies did Nick Warren found?: Nick Warren founded GroundControl.
Where did Nick Warren go to school?: Nick Warren studied at Y Combinator (X25 Batch); Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador (Undergraduate, Computer Engineering).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cadence Design Systems76

Venktesh ShuklaFounder & General Partner at Monta Vista Capital KT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures Jocelyn FournierInvestor at Daphni Ashu GargInvestor at Foundation Capital Raghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund Jun LiInvestor at Sv Tech Ventures, Inc.

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Also worked at inspectAR1

Matthew NoseworthyCTO & Co-Founder at GroundControl

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