Stela Tong
FounderFounder at DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)
Stanford, California, United States
FoundedDeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley) Β· YC
About
Founder of DeepAware AI, a robotics infrastructure provider offering hardware, data collection, AI training, and fleet teleoperation services for physical AI systems.
Founder at DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)YC S25
Intro paths
Stela went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)'s batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Stela can intro founders to DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)'s investors below.
DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)'s investors Β· 1
Co-founders at DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)
Education
- Stanford UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD2024 β 2029
- Dartmouth College2018 β 2022
- The Shipley School2014 β 2018
Skills & more
From Stela's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Stanford University mafia721
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Dartmouth College mafia70
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended Dartmouth College398
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