Where does Rick Gao work?

Rick Gao is Founder of Alkera AI.

Where did Rick Gao go to school?

Rick Gao studied at Yale University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S26).

Rick Gao

Founder

Founder at Alkera AI

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAlkera AI · YC

About

Rick Gao previously worked at Verition Fund Management developing financial models and optimizations, and conducted computational biology research at Yale's Gerstein Laboratory. He is currently founding Alkera AI.

Founder at Alkera AI YC S26

Intro paths

Rick went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Alkera AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Rick can intro founders to Alkera AI's investors below.

Alkera AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Alkera AI

Tony LiFounder

Andrew TranFounder

Experience

Alkera AI (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Verition Fund Management LLCIntern2024 — 2026New York, NY
Yale UniversityUndergraduate Researcher | Gerstein Laboratory2023 — 2024New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale Young Global ScholarsCourse Instructor2023New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Skills & more

NumPy1SciPy1C++Equity ResearchFinancial Data AnalyticsEquity Research AnalysisInvestment ResearchFinancial ConsultingProject ManagementOperations ManagementProofreadingeducation consulting

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CrmAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft WordSecure CodingSQLDeep LearningTensorFlowMachine LearningLeadershipProblem SolvingCommunicationAdobe Acrobat

Languages Chinese · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rick Gao?: Rick Gao previously worked at Verition Fund Management developing financial models and optimizations, and conducted computational biology research at Yale's Gerstein Laboratory. He is currently founding Alkera AI.
Where does Rick Gao work?: Rick Gao is Founder of Alkera AI.
What companies did Rick Gao found?: Rick Gao founded Alkera AI.
Where did Rick Gao go to school?: Rick Gao studied at Yale University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S26).