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Richard Wang

Founder

Founder at Clad Labs

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedClad Labs Β· YC

About

Richard Wang studied computer science at Caltech and conducted AI research at PerformanceStar, where he developed physics-informed embedding models for time series analysis. He is co-founder and CEO of Clad Labs, an AI-native adtech company.

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Founder at Clad LabsYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Richard 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 Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Clad Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Richard can intro founders to Clad Labs's investors below.

Clad Labs's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Clad Labs

KLKevin Le
Kevin LeFounder

Experience

  1. Clad Labs (YC F25)ceo and co-foundercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. Tokyo ElectronAI Researcher2025Santa Clara, California, United States
  3. PerformanceStar LLCMachine Learning Researcher2023 β€” 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
  4. BlueskySoftware Engineer2023Oakland, California, United States
  5. MIT Lincoln LaboratoryMachine Learning Engineer2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  6. Thermo Fisher ScientificMachine Learning Engineer2021San Francisco Bay Area
  7. CaltechDeans Tutor2020 β€” 2021
  8. University of Southern CaliforniaData Science Research2020
  9. University of MichiganData Science Research2017 β€” 2018Ann Arbor, Michigan

Education

  1. CaltechBachelor's degree, Computer Science2019 β€” 2023
  2. The Harker SchoolHigh School Diploma2015 β€” 2019

Skills & more

ABELSnowflake Cloud7SQL2LAMPSQLitePyTorchMySQLSeleniumGitNode.jsMathematicaDjango
+12 moreC#C (Programming Language)C++JavaJavaScriptHTMLLinuxCPython (Programming Language)SnowflakeWeb DevelopmentDiscrete Mathematics

From Richard's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Caltech95

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCMarkus EnzelbergerPartner at Versant VenturesWen HsiehFounding Managing Partner at Matter Venture PartnersHaomiao HuangFounding Partner at Matter Venture Partners

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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 MIT Lincoln Laboratory17

Adrianna MaInvestor at Index VenturesLeSean BrownAssociate at Context VenturesAnand AtreyaInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalJessica AlstonPartner at F-Prime Capital PartnersCrystal ValentineTechnology Fellow at Cross Creek AdvisorsSeth SivakInvestor at TIRTA Ventures

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Also worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific23

THANASIS DELISTATHISCo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFLu WangInvestor at Foothill VenturesJohannes ClaussSerial Entrepreneur, Investor and Mentor at tokentus investment AGRolando BrawerExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTIONDaisy XuManaging Director at Vivo CapitalThanasis DelistathisCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NAV.VC

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Also worked at University of Southern California55

Alyssa TsenterSenior Associate at Flare Capital PartnersJillian ShawVenture Partner at Magnetic VenturesZach PosnerManaging Partner & Co-Founder at LegalTechAndreas QuandtGeneral Partner at Data TechMatt MichelsonVenture Partner and Head of AI at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthPaolo PirjanianVenture Partner at Calibrate Ventures

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Also worked at University of Michigan80

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaLogan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechSara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTechPeter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture PartnersPaul BrownManaging Director at eLab VenturesDoug NealManaging Director at eLab Ventures

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