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Paul Beckers

Founder

Co-Founder at AquaShield

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAquaShield · YC

Find your path to Paul

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

Hannes Voucko-GlocknerunlockedPaul: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2025)

×4Paul: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

×3Paul: together at Enpal

×3Paul: together at RWTH Aachen University

About

Paul Beckers is a robotics researcher from MIT who co-founded and leads AquaShield.

Co-Founder at AquaShield YC X26

Intro paths

YC

Paul went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Paul can intro founders to AquaShield's investors below.

AquaShield's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at AquaShield

MB

Marguerite Benoist

Marguerite BenoistCo-Founder

Experience

AquaShield (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
MIT Schwarzman College of ComputingRobotics2025 — 2026Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
EnpalStrategic Projects2024Berlin, Germany
Tsinghua UniversitySoft Robotics2023 — 2024Beijing, China
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor, WZL der RWTH AachenComplexity & Prototyping2023Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paul Beckers?: Paul Beckers is a robotics researcher from MIT who co-founded and leads AquaShield.
Where does Paul Beckers work?: Paul Beckers is Co-Founder of AquaShield.
What companies did Paul Beckers found?: Paul Beckers founded AquaShield.
Where did Paul Beckers go to school?: Paul Beckers studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Robotics Research (EMS Full Scholarship)); Tsinghua University (Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering (CSC Full Scholarship)); RWTH Aachen University (Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering & Business Administration (Ambassador Scholarship)).

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Tsinghua University mafia106

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Shared employers

Also worked at AquaShield (YC P26)1

Marguerite BenoistCo-Founder at AquaShield

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