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Tom Hartke

Founder

Founder at Undermind

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedUndermind · YC

About

Tom Hartke is co-founder and CTO at Undermind. He holds a physics degree from Princeton and a PhD in quantum physics from MIT, where his thesis research focused on atomic physics and resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications including papers in Nature and Science.

Founder at UndermindYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Tom 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Undermind's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

Undermind's investors · 3

Positron VenturesAmsterdamUnpopular VenturesMiami · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Undermind

JRJoshua Ramette
Joshua RametteFounder

Experience

  1. UndermindCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPostdoctoral Researcher2022 — 2023
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Student2017 — 2022
  4. Princeton UniversityStudent Researcher2014 — 2017Princeton University Physics Department

Skills & more

Quantum Computing2Quantum Mechanics1Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)1Electron MicroscopyElectron Beam LithographyTeachingElectronicsLaTeXPython (Programming Language)Robotics2VHDL2

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tom Hartke?
Tom Hartke is co-founder and CTO at Undermind. He holds a physics degree from Princeton and a PhD in quantum physics from MIT, where his thesis research focused on atomic physics and resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications including papers in Nature and Science.
Where does Tom Hartke work?
Tom Hartke is Founder of Undermind.
What companies did Tom Hartke found?
Tom Hartke founded Undermind.
Where did Tom Hartke go to school?
Tom Hartke studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atomic Physics); Princeton University (Physics); Delbarton School (High School).

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