Find your path to Saad
1,004 people in our graph share verified history with Saad β schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Scott RaneyunlockedSaad: together at HashiCorp (2021)
Saad: together at Essential
Γ7Saad: together at Y Combinator
Saad: together at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
About
Saad Jamal is co-founder of Antigen. He previously worked on machine learning infrastructure at Tesla Autopilot, developed an ML compiler framework at Nuro, and trained reasoning models with Ashish Vaswani. He also clerked at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and attended UChicago Law School.
Founder at AntigenYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Saad 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 Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Antigen's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Saad can intro founders to Antigen's investors below.
Antigen's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Antigen
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Abdullah NaumanFounder
Experience
- AntigenCo-Founder // CEOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- Essential AIMember of Technical Staff2025San Francisco, California, United States
- NuroML Compiler Engineer2024Mountain View, California, United States
- TeslaAutopilot Engineer2021 β 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- HashiCorpSoftware Engineering Intern2021San Francisco Bay Area
- NASA Ames Research CenterResearch Scholar2020 β 2021Mountain View, California
- American Red CrossOpen Source Developer2020 β 2021
- UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Academic Student Employee2020 β 2021
- California Partners For Advanced Transportation TechnologyResearch Assistant2020
Skills & more
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate β HashiCorp
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner β Amazon Web Services (AWS)
From Saad's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Saad Jamal?
- Saad Jamal is co-founder of Antigen. He previously worked on machine learning infrastructure at Tesla Autopilot, developed an ML compiler framework at Nuro, and trained reasoning models with Ashish Vaswani. He also clerked at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and attended UChicago Law School.
- Where does Saad Jamal work?
- Saad Jamal is Founder of Antigen.
- What companies did Saad Jamal found?
- Saad Jamal founded Antigen.
- Where did Saad Jamal go to school?
- Saad Jamal studied at University of Chicago Law School (Doctor of Law - JD); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Nuro mafia11
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University of Chicago Law School mafia11
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Essential mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Chicago Law School50
David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarAbigail JohnsonPartner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire VenturesAmanda BuschGeneral Counsel at Mucker CapitalMike GomezInvestor at CapitalGKarl WachterGeneral Counsel, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesDavid LevinsonManaging Director & Chief Operating Officer at PEARL ENERGY INVESTMENTS
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Antigen2
Also worked at Nuro17
Daniel PortilloCofounder at General PartnershipSam Smith-EppsteinerPartner at Innovation EndeavorsHenry LauInvestment Manager at Saltagen VenturesJohn LillyInvestor at Gigascale CapitalNan RansohoffInvestor at G2 Venture PartnersSimon RothmanPartner at Greylock Partners
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Also worked at Tesla291
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners
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Also worked at NASA Ames Research Center76
Lindsey YeePrincipal at Starbridge Venture Capital LlcMelissa LokugamageSenior Venture Associate at 82VSGeetha DholakiaPortfolio Program Director at TDK VenturesRyan AbronskiSenior Associate at Morgan Creek CapitalDipty DesaiVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalTed TabaccoOperating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
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