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Peter Gao

Founder

Founder at Aquarium Learning

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAquarium Learning Β· YC

About

Peter Gao conducted deep learning research at UC Berkeley and was an early engineer at Cruise working on autonomous vehicle development. He has interned at Pinterest and Khan Academy, contributing to machine learning and web projects.

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Peter Gao @pgaooo

I'm excited to announce that Aquarium is joining Notion! https://t.co/gnHRw4so8V

Oct 15, 2024 Β· β™₯ 103 Β· ⇄ 6

Peter Gao @pgaooo

We’re excited to announce that Tidepool can now run within Snowpark Container Services! https://t.co/kHKkRSjh5E

Jun 3, 2024 Β· β™₯ 2 Β· ⇄ 1

Peter Gao @pgaooo

I'm sad to announce that we’re shutting down Illume, our computer vision data curation product. Given our limited resources as a startup, we've decided to focus our attention on developing our LLM product going forward. https://t.co/3U249WraOD

May 15, 2024 Β· β™₯ 2

Founder at Aquarium LearningYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Peter went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) β€” 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 β€” the partner who ran Aquarium Learning's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Peter can intro founders to Aquarium Learning's investors below.

Aquarium Learning's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Aquarium Learning

QJQuinn Johnson
Quinn JohnsonFounder

Experience

  1. Career Breakcurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Aquarium LearningCofounder, CEO2020 β€” 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Recurse CenterRecurser2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. Cruise AutomationStaff Software Engineer, Perception Tech Lead2017 β€” 2019San Francisco, California
  5. Cruise AutomationEngineering Manager2016 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Cruise AutomationEngineer2015 β€” 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. UC BerkeleyCS 189 Teaching Assistant2015Berkeley, California
  8. UC BerkeleyUndergraduate Researcher2015Berkeley, California
  9. Khan AcademySoftware Engineering Intern2014Mountain View, California
  10. PinterestSoftware Engineering Pintern2013San Francisco, California
  11. UC BerkeleyCS 61A Lab Assistant2013Berkeley, California
  12. RewardMeCode Monkey Intern2012Mountain View, CA
  13. Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Intern2011Moffet Field, Mountain View, California
  14. Harker RoboticsExecutive President2007 β€” 2011
  15. Hunter LaboratoriesResearch Intern2010Campbell, California

Education

  1. Y Combinator2020
  2. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2011 β€” 2015
  3. The Harker School2007 β€” 2011

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Also attended The Harker School28

Chiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftJosephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia CapitalAjay KamatPartner at Pear VCChadwick ManningFounder at Cerulean VenturesPriyanka Goel-ChandrasekarInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cruise Automation35

Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyDavid BeyerPartner at Amplify PartnersJimFounder/General Partner at Maven VenturesJordan CroomInvestor at Side Door VenturesSunny DhillonFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalSandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo Ventures

+ 29 more

Also worked at UC Berkeley184

Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesFreada Kapor KleinFounding Partner at Kapor CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade PartnersJay ParrishVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners

+ 178 more

Also worked at Khan Academy7

Kate MasonVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesBill IngramSenior Advisor at Sageview CapitalSherman LeungAdvisor at Andreessen HorowitzYun-Fang JuanGeneral Partner at Brighter CapitalJames TynanPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalArun SaigalInvestor at Thunkable

+ 1 more

Also worked at Pinterest39

Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalAaron RuPrincipal at RET VenturesJeff ChangInvestor at Vertex Venture Management Pte. Ltd.

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