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Sander Schulhoff

Founder

Founder at InventoryQuant

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedInventoryQuant · YC

About

Sander Schulhoff is an AI researcher and entrepreneur who created educational content on prompt engineering and organized a generative AI competition; he is currently building InventoryQuant.

Founder at InventoryQuantYC W26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran InventoryQuant's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Sander can intro founders to InventoryQuant's investors below.

InventoryQuant's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Experience

  1. InventoryQuantChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — present
  2. HackAPromptChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — present
  3. Learn PromptingCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2022 — present
  4. University of MarylandNLP & DRL Researcher2022 — 2024
  5. Semiotic LabsDeep Reinforcement Learning Engineer2022California, United States
  6. Friends School of BaltimoreTeacher2021 — 2022Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  7. Farama FoundationSoftware Developer2022
  8. The Johns Hopkins UniversityCV Researcher2021Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  9. University of MarylandNLP Researcher2020 — 2021Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  10. The Johns Hopkins UniversityResearcher2019Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)3JavaScript3HTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)PytorchGoogle Apps ScriptResearch2

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sander Schulhoff?
Sander Schulhoff is an AI researcher and entrepreneur who created educational content on prompt engineering and organized a generative AI competition; he is currently building InventoryQuant.
Where does Sander Schulhoff work?
Sander Schulhoff is Founder of InventoryQuant.
What companies did Sander Schulhoff found?
Sander Schulhoff founded InventoryQuant.
Where did Sander Schulhoff go to school?
Sander Schulhoff studied at University of Maryland (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator.

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