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Tiko Bdoyan

Founder

Founder at SimCare

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSimCare · YC

About

Tiko Bdoyan is a founder at Soma Lab with prior experience as a machine learning researcher and earned a degree from the University of Chicago, where he also competed in varsity wrestling.

Founder at SimCareYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Tiko 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 Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran SimCare's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Tiko can intro founders to SimCare's investors below.

SimCare's investors · 4

Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checksHARPER COURT VENTURESChicagoTranspose Platform ManagementHoustonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at SimCare

VSVrishank Saini
Vrishank SainiFounder

Experience

  1. SimCare AI (YC S24)Co-Founder, CTOcurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and EngineeringLead Machine Learning Researcher2023 — 2024
  3. Tarigma CorporationFull Stack Engineer2021 — 2023Columbus, Ohio, United States

Skills & more

Team Management2Data Analysis14Technology Leadership4User Experience (UX)1Entrepreneurship1TypeScriptData VisualizationNumPyResearch SkillsLogistic RegressionHealth ResearchSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)1
+12 moreHTML ScriptingMachine LearningNextJSMongoDB.NET FrameworkMySQLReact.jsHTMLPython (Programming Language)RPandas (Software)Shopify

Languages Armenian · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tiko Bdoyan?
Tiko Bdoyan is a founder at Soma Lab with prior experience as a machine learning researcher and earned a degree from the University of Chicago, where he also competed in varsity wrestling.
Where does Tiko Bdoyan work?
Tiko Bdoyan is Founder of SimCare.
What companies did Tiko Bdoyan found?
Tiko Bdoyan founded SimCare.
Where did Tiko Bdoyan go to school?
Tiko Bdoyan studied at University of Chicago (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Mathematics); Y Combinator (S24); Columbus Academy (Middle School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates).

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