Scott Swarthout
FounderFounder at Lavo Life Sciences
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedLavo Life Sciences · YC
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About
Scott Swarthout is the founder and CEO of Lavo Life Sciences, which provides computational molecular simulation services to pharmaceutical companies.
Founder at Lavo Life SciencesYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Scott went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Lavo Life Sciences
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Zach GlickFounder
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Derek MetcalfFounder
Experience
- DoorDashSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — present
- Lavo Life SciencesCEO, Co-Founder (Acquired by Dayhoff Labs)2022 — 2025
- GoogleAssociate Product Manager2018 — 2021Mountain View, CA
- Halcyon Labs LLCLead Developer and Co-Founder2015 — 2018Farmington Hills, MI
- GoogleAssociate Product Manager Intern2017Mountain View, CA
- Michigan State UniversityTeaching Assistant2016 — 2017East Lansing, MI
- Michigan State University - Computer Science DepartmentProfessorial Assistant2014 — 2016East Lansing, MI
- Bosch North AmericaSoftware Engineering Intern2014 — 2015Farmington Hills, MI
Skills & more
Computer Science15Engineering10Machine Learning1Mathematics4Mobile Applications6Research6Software Engineering5Product ManagementDeep LearningPython11JavaScript10C++6
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Relational DatabasesTeam LeadershipCommunicationReinforcement LearningFencingLanguages English
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- Where did Scott Swarthout go to school?
- Scott Swarthout studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Austin (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Michigan State University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).
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