About
Thomas Liao leads neoncoral and previously held machine learning leadership roles at Scale and Anthropic, where he worked on evaluations and post-training.
Founder at neoncoralYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Thomas went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Thomas can intro founders to neoncoral's investors below.
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Experience
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thomas Liao?
- Thomas Liao leads neoncoral and previously held machine learning leadership roles at Scale and Anthropic, where he worked on evaluations and post-training.
- Where does Thomas Liao work?
- Thomas Liao is Founder of neoncoral.
- What companies did Thomas Liao found?
- Thomas Liao founded neoncoral.
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Shared employers
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