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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.
CEO at Alkera AIYC 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 ↗
In turn, Rick can intro founders to Alkera AI's investors below.
Alkera AI's investors · 3
Co-founders at Alkera AI
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 CEO of Alkera AI.
- What companies did Rick Gao found?
- Rick Gao founded Alkera AI.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Yale University mafia463
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