About
Pablo Hansen completed a master's degree in AI and was an early hire at Onyx (YC W24) before co-founding Proliferate.
Founder at ProliferateYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Pablo went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Proliferate's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Pablo can intro founders to Proliferate's investors below.
Proliferate's investors · 1
Experience
- ProliferateFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- KeystoneFounder2025 — 2026
- Onyx AIFounding Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Seraphic LabsOwner2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Stealth Startup (Health-Tech)Software Engineer2023Redwood City, California, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pablo Hansen?
- Pablo Hansen completed a master's degree in AI and was an early hire at Onyx (YC W24) before co-founding Proliferate.
- Where does Pablo Hansen work?
- Pablo Hansen is Founder of Proliferate.
- What companies did Pablo Hansen found?
- Pablo Hansen founded Proliferate.
- Where did Pablo Hansen go to school?
- Pablo Hansen studied at Y Combinator; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence); University of San Francisco (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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