About
Paulina Xu studied AI and physics at MIT and is building Agentic Fabriq, a security middleware platform for agentic communication.
Founder at Agentic FabriqYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Paulina went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Agentic Fabriq's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Paulina can intro founders to Agentic Fabriq's investors below.
Agentic Fabriq's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Agentic Fabriq
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Matthew XuFounder
Experience
- Agentic FabriqCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2025 β present
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchResearcher2025
- MIT Haystack ObservatoryResearch Intern2025
- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di PadovaInternational Student Researcher2025Padua, Veneto, Italy
- BASIS Independent Silicon ValleyComputational Astrophysics Research Club Co-Founder & President2022 β 2024
- Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP)Student researcher2022 β 2023
- University of MichiganMichigan Math and Science Scholar2022
- AI4ALLAI4ALL Changemaker in AI2021
Skills & more
- Practical HPC β MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paulina Xu?
- Paulina Xu studied AI and physics at MIT and is building Agentic Fabriq, a security middleware platform for agentic communication.
- Where does Paulina Xu work?
- Paulina Xu is Founder of Agentic Fabriq.
- What companies did Paulina Xu found?
- Paulina Xu founded Agentic Fabriq.
- Where did Paulina Xu go to school?
- Paulina Xu studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (6-4 (ai) + 8 (physics)); BASIS Independent Silicon Valley (High School Diploma with High Honors).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
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Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co.Nat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinMatt HuangB.S.Founded HotspotsDelian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1Drew HoustonBSFounded Dropbox +1Arash FerdowsiComputer ScienceFounded Dropbox
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BASIS Independent Silicon Valley mafia2
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,531
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended BASIS Independent Silicon Valley2
Shared employers
Also worked at Agentic Fabriq1
Also worked at Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP)6
Also worked at University of Michigan136
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