Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny
FounderFounder at Kinro
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedKinro · YC
About
Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny is co-founder and CEO of Kinro, an insurance brokerage platform. He previously worked as a research scientist at Google DeepMind and Meta.
Founder at KinroYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Pierre-Alexandre went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kinro's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Pierre-Alexandre can intro founders to Kinro's investors below.
Kinro's investors · 1
Co-founders at Kinro
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Parth AinampudiFounder
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Corentin HugotFounder
Experience
- Kinro Insurance Services LLCLicensed Insurance Agentcurrent2026 — presentUnited States
- Kinro (YC P26)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Google DeepMindResearch Scientist2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaResearch Scientist, PhD2020 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
- MetaResearch Intern2019Paris, Île-de-France, France
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny?
- Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny is co-founder and CEO of Kinro, an insurance brokerage platform. He previously worked as a research scientist at Google DeepMind and Meta.
- Where does Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny work?
- Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny is Founder of Kinro.
- What companies did Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny found?
- Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny founded Kinro.
- Where did Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny go to school?
- Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny studied at University of Oxford (MSc, Computer Science); CentraleSupélec; Pierre and Marie Curie University (PhD, Artificial Intelligence).
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