About
Founder and CEO of Weel, a smartphone application providing GPS navigation, dashcam recording with video sharing, and advanced driver assistance features including augmented reality navigation.
Founder at WeelYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Raphael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — 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 — the partner who ran Weel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Raphael can intro founders to Weel's investors below.
Weel's investors · 1
Co-founders at Weel
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Samuel MarcianoCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- Weel (YC S24)Co-foundercurrent2024 — present
- Y CombinatorFounder part of YC S24 batch2024
- Ai For AlphaQuantitative Researcher Intern2023Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Raphael Krief?
- Founder and CEO of Weel, a smartphone application providing GPS navigation, dashcam recording with video sharing, and advanced driver assistance features including augmented reality navigation.
- Where does Raphael Krief work?
- Raphael Krief is Founder of Weel.
- What companies did Raphael Krief found?
- Raphael Krief founded Weel.
- Where did Raphael Krief go to school?
- Raphael Krief studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's degree); ENS Paris-Saclay (MRes MVA); Université Paris Dauphine - PSL (Master's degree, Applied maths).
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