About
Peter Hayes is co-founder and CTO of Humanloop. He previously co-founded Certua and holds a PhD in machine learning from UCL and a BSc in mathematics from Trinity College.
Founder at HumanloopYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Peter went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Humanloop's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Peter can intro founders to Humanloop's investors below.
Humanloop's investors · 5
Co-founders at Humanloop
RH
Raza HabibFounder
JB
Jordan BurgessFounder
Experience
- AnthropicMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — present
- UCL Computer ScienceFriends of Computer Science Committeecurrent2024 — present
- CertuaCofounder, Board Observercurrent2020 — present
- Vectify AIAdvisorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- HumanloopCofounder, Chief Technology Officer2020 — 2025
- University College LondonGraduate Research And Teaching Assistant2018 — 2021
- CertuaCofounder, Chief Scientist2016 — 2020
- Integrated Protection SolutionsSolutions Architect2013 — 2015
- Self-employedMaths Tutor2011 — 2013Dublin
- Compu b, Apple Premium ResellerSales and Technical Support2010 — 2012Dublin
- St. James's Hospital DublinCare Assistant2009 — 2011Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Peter Hayes?
- Peter Hayes is co-founder and CTO of Humanloop. He previously co-founded Certua and holds a PhD in machine learning from UCL and a BSc in mathematics from Trinity College.
- Where does Peter Hayes work?
- Peter Hayes is Founder of Humanloop.
- What companies did Peter Hayes found?
- Peter Hayes founded Humanloop.
- Where did Peter Hayes go to school?
- Peter Hayes studied at UCL (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning); Y Combinator (Founder); UCL (Master's degree, Computational Statistics and Machine Learning).
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