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Quentin Romero Lauro

Founder

Founder at Sol

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSol Β· YC

About

Quentin Romero Lauro studied electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley and human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University, and previously worked at Character.AI.

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Quentin Romero Lauro @qromerolauro

With YC F26 starting soon, I’d like to brag that our F25 group office hours is still going! Two week goals are set 🫑 https://t.co/hulNaYO6So

Aug 2, 2026 Β· β™₯ 44 Β· ⇄ 2

Quentin Romero Lauro @qromerolauro

Realizing I have many friends now who: > spent 6 months - 1 year interning somewhere > realized their rate of learning was way faster than University > just continued working / started a company

Aug 1, 2026 Β· β™₯ 18

Quentin Romero Lauro @qromerolauro

Surreal experience to see yourself on the timeline on the large screen outside the Chase Center! Hope everyone had an awesome time at YC SUS 😎 https://t.co/BQxLUD0hBI

Jul 26, 2026 Β· β™₯ 31

Founder at SolYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Quentin went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Sol's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Quentin can intro founders to Sol's investors below.

Sol's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Sol

MKMichael Klikushin
Michael KlikushinCTO / Founder

Experience

  1. Sol Browser (YC F25)Co-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Character.AISoftware Engineer2025
  3. UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Research Intern2024Berkeley, CA
  4. CMU Human-Computer Interaction InstituteResearch Assistant2023 β€” 2024Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  5. CMU Human-Computer Interaction InstituteResearch Intern2023Pittsburgh, PA

Education

  1. University of PittsburghBachelor's degree, Computer Science

Skills & more

NumPyPandas (Software)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Express.jsLinuxMachine LearningCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTML5Java1MathematicsData StructuresAdobe Photoshop
+11 moreWeb ApplicationsJavaScriptHTMLContent Management Systems (CMS)Python (Programming Language)Web DevelopmentWordPressComputer ScienceAlgorithmsProgrammingVideo Editing

From Quentin's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Pittsburgh53

Yervand SarkisyanInvestor in deep tech and AIJon KaplanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcJustin MaresBuilding companies at the intersection of health and technology.Kelly BarnumDirector Of Talent at Volition CapitalMatt GurinDirector, Finance and Operations at RRE Ventures

+ 47 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Sol Browser (YC F25)1

Michael KlikushinCTO / Founder at Sol

Also worked at Character.AI4

Dylan PearcePartner at GreycroftBryan SubijanoPrincipal at GreycroftLisa HanPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersErin TeagueInvestor at Village Global

Also worked at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)12

Yersultan SaparInvestor at FEBE VenturesYuka IkarashiInvestor at E14 FundTommy HangInvestor at ArchetypeWeikeng ChenResearch Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Arvind VivekanandanScout at LvlUp VenturesHarvey HuFounder at Altrina

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Also worked at CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute2

Soy HwangCofounder at HumanceMichael KlikushinCTO / Founder at Sol