About
Sacha Lévy is Co-Founder and CTO at Theseus Technology, developing autonomous drone navigation systems. He previously conducted computer science research at Yale University on applications of large language models to biological data, and holds a computer engineering degree from McGill University.
Founder at TheseusYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Sacha went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Theseus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sacha can intro founders to Theseus's investors below.
Theseus's investors · 5
Co-founders at Theseus
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Ian LaffeyFounder
Experience
- TheseusChief Technology Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- TheseusChief Scientist2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Mila - Institut Québécois d'Intelligence ArtificielleUndergraduate Researcher2019 — 2023
- University of TorontoUndergraduate Astrophysics Research Fellowship at the Dunlap Institute2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Valence DiscoverySoftware Engineering Intern2020Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- McKay BrothersHardware Engineering Intern2019Paris
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sacha Lévy?
- Sacha Lévy is Co-Founder and CTO at Theseus Technology, developing autonomous drone navigation systems. He previously conducted computer science research at Yale University on applications of large language models to biological data, and holds a computer engineering degree from McGill University.
- Where does Sacha Lévy work?
- Sacha Lévy is Founder of Theseus.
- What companies did Sacha Lévy found?
- Sacha Lévy founded Theseus.
- Where did Sacha Lévy go to school?
- Sacha Lévy studied at Y Combinator; Yale University (PhD student, Computer Science); McGill University (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Co-op).
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