Where does Robert Tran work?

Robert Tran is Founder of Inkeep.

Where did Robert Tran go to school?

Robert Tran studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering and in Mathematics); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Concentration in Artificial Intelligence); Y Combinator.

Robert Tran

Founder

Founder at Inkeep

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedInkeep · YC

Find your path to Robert

230 people in our graph share verified history with Robert — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Justin LiuunlockedRobert: together at Twitch (2017)

×7Robert: together at MIT Media Lab

×2Robert: together at Twitch

×2Robert: together at TetraScience

About

Robert Tran studied computer science and mathematics at MIT and has worked across government, political, financial, and logistics sectors. He was an early engineer and later head of engineering at illumis, which built data aggregation software and was acquired by ComplySci, before cofounding Inkeep.

Founder at Inkeep YC W23

Intro paths

Robert went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Inkeep's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Robert can intro founders to Inkeep's investors below.

Inkeep's investors · 5

Coho DeeptechSan Francisco GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checks · since 2025 Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2025 Myelin VCMontevideo · $250K – $1M checks · since 2025 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Inkeep

Nick GomezFounder

Nick GFounder

Nick G.Founder

Experience

InkeepCo-Founder, CTOcurrent2023 — present
illumisHead of Engineering2019 — 2022New York City
MIT Center for Transportation & LogisticsResearch Assistant2018 — 2019Cambridge
TwitchSoftware Engineer2017San Francisco
TetraScienceSoftware Engineer2017Boston
MIT Media LabResearch Assistant2015 — 2017Cambridge

Frequently asked questions

Who is Robert Tran?: Robert Tran studied computer science and mathematics at MIT and has worked across government, political, financial, and logistics sectors. He was an early engineer and later head of engineering at illumis, which built data aggregation software and was acquired by ComplySci, before cofounding Inkeep.
Where does Robert Tran work?: Robert Tran is Founder of Inkeep.
What companies did Robert Tran found?: Robert Tran founded Inkeep.
Where did Robert Tran go to school?: Robert Tran studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering and in Mathematics); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Concentration in Artificial Intelligence); Y Combinator.