Where does Tom Alcorn work?

Tom Alcorn is Founder of Tensil and Engineering Manager at Databricks Ventures.

Where did Tom Alcorn go to school?

Tom Alcorn studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Mathematics with Computer Science and a Minor in Physics); Brisbane Grammar School (Queensland Certificate of Education).

Tom Alcorn

InvestorFounder

Engineering Manager at Databricks Ventures · Founder at Tensil

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTensil · YC

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About

Tom Alcorn is a self-taught hardware developer with machine learning expertise who founded Tensil.

Founder at Tensil YC S19

Intro paths

Tom went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Tom can intro founders to Tensil's investors below.

Tensil's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Experience

DatabricksEngineering Managercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
DatabricksStaff Software Engineer2025San Francisco, California, United States
DatabricksSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
TensilFounder2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Bradfield School of Computer ScienceInstructor2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
JoinSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
Flux.ioSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017San Francisco
AdHarmonicsData Scientist2014 — 2015Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2013Palo Alto, California
University of CambridgeVisiting Scholar2013Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
MITUndergraduate Researcher2011 — 2012Cambridge, Massachusetts
MITTeaching Assistant2011Cambridge, Massachusetts

Skills & more

Python8Matlab3LaTeX4Mathematica6Java5Labview2R2SchemeAlgorithms3Machine Learning3Mathematical Modeling1Computer Science2

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Artificial IntelligenceSignal Processing

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Colleagues at Databricks Ventures

Alex Laterza

Advisor at Exceptional Ventures

Ali Ghodsi

Co-founder & CEO of Databricks

Andrew Krioukov

Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures

Andy Kofoid

President, Databricks at Smith Point Capital

Andy Konwinski

Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures

Ankit Mathur

Scout at Greylock Partners

Arsalan Tavakoli

Investor at Foundation Capital

Christina Farhat

Investor at E14 Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tom Alcorn?: Tom Alcorn is a self-taught hardware developer with machine learning expertise who founded Tensil.
Where does Tom Alcorn work?: Tom Alcorn is Founder of Tensil and Engineering Manager at Databricks Ventures.
What companies did Tom Alcorn found?: Tom Alcorn founded Tensil.
Where did Tom Alcorn go to school?: Tom Alcorn studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Mathematics with Computer Science and a Minor in Physics); Brisbane Grammar School (Queensland Certificate of Education).

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Also worked at Databricks105

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About

Founder at TensilYC S19

Intro paths

Tensil's investors · 1

Experience

Skills & more

Colleagues at Databricks Ventures

Frequently asked questions

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

Stanford University mafia1,934

Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221

Databricks mafia32

Databricks Ventures mafia14

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Also attended Brisbane Grammar School14

Shared employers

Also worked at Databricks105

Also worked at Join6

Also worked at AdHarmonics13

Also worked at Stanford University1,149

Founder at Tensil YC S19