Patrick Sharpe
FounderFounder at Artificial Societies
London, England, United Kingdom
FoundedArtificial Societies · YC
About
Patrick Sharpe holds an MSc in behavioural economics and has led behavioral science initiatives at iptiQ, a Swiss Re-owned insurtech platform, and at Unconventional Wisdom, a behavioral science consultancy. He co-founded Artificial Societies in 2024.
Founder at Artificial SocietiesYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Patrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Artificial Societies's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Artificial Societies's investors below.
Artificial Societies's investors · 4
Co-founders at Artificial Societies
JH
James HeFounder
Experience
- Artificial SocietiesFounder & Chief Product Officercurrent2024 — present
- FreelanceFreelance mixed-methods market researcher2024
- iptiQ by Swiss ReBehavioural Science & Customer Experience Specialist2021 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- ReAssureBehavioural Scientist2019 — 2020Norwich, United Kingdom
- Erasmus School of EconomicsMSc Behavioural Economics (cum laude)2018 — 2019Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Behave LondonIntern2018London Area, United Kingdom
- MercerInvestment Analyst Intern2017Woking
Skills & more
Analytical SkillsOptimisingRelationship BuildingWriting2Communication1Problem SolvingOrganization SkillsIdentifying TrendsQualitative ResearchCustomer Journey MappingMarket ResearchCustomer Insight
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Data-driven Decision MakingCustomer SatisfactionStorytellingStakeholder RelationsStatistical AnalysisResearch MethodsCustomer DataNumeracyInternational MarketsCustomer ExperienceExperience DesignUser ResearchFrom Patrick's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Patrick Sharpe?
- Patrick Sharpe holds an MSc in behavioural economics and has led behavioral science initiatives at iptiQ, a Swiss Re-owned insurtech platform, and at Unconventional Wisdom, a behavioral science consultancy. He co-founded Artificial Societies in 2024.
- Where does Patrick Sharpe work?
- Patrick Sharpe is Founder of Artificial Societies.
- What companies did Patrick Sharpe found?
- Patrick Sharpe founded Artificial Societies.
- Where did Patrick Sharpe go to school?
- Patrick Sharpe studied at Y Combinator; Erasmus School of Economics (Master's degree, Behavioural Economics); Durham University (PPE).
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