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Tom Ray

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Founder at Mindstate Design Labs

Norman, Oklahoma, United States

FoundedMindstate Design Labs · YC

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About

Tom Ray holds degrees in biology and chemistry from Florida State University and a PhD in biology from Harvard with a focus on tropical plant ecology. He held faculty positions in biology and computer science at the University of Delaware (1981–1998) and has been a professor of biology and computer science at the University of Oklahoma since 1998, with prior affiliations as external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute and visiting researcher at ATR's Human Information Processing Research Labs in Japan.

Founder at Mindstate Design LabsYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Tom went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Mindstate Design Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Tom can intro founders to Mindstate Design Labs's investors below.

Mindstate Design Labs's investors · 21

Ambria CapitalSan Juan PR · since 2024ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz)Los Angeles · since 2024Blast.Club$5.5M checks · since 2024Conscious Venture LabBaltimore · since 2024Day One VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022Empath VenturesSan Francisco · since 2024GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2024Harvard Management CompanyAllston · since 2024Hub AngelsBoston · since 2024ImmeasurableLos Angeles · $25K – $100K checks · since 2024Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022K50 VenturesEncinitas · $50K – $250K checks · since 2022LIONHEART VENTURESSan Francisco · since 2024MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks · since 2024Mystic VenturesLynnwood · since 2024Page One VenturesSilicon Valley · since 2022Prithvi VenturesNew York · since 2024PsyMed VenturesBerkeley · since 2024Ravikant CapitalSeattle · since 2024XEIA Venture PartnersSan Francisco · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Mindstate Design Labs

DDDillan DiNardo
Dillan DiNardoCEO

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tom Ray?
Tom Ray holds degrees in biology and chemistry from Florida State University and a PhD in biology from Harvard with a focus on tropical plant ecology. He held faculty positions in biology and computer science at the University of Delaware (1981–1998) and has been a professor of biology and computer science at the University of Oklahoma since 1998, with prior affiliations as external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute and visiting researcher at ATR's Human Information Processing Research Labs in Japan.
Where does Tom Ray work?
Tom Ray is Founder of Mindstate Design Labs.
What companies did Tom Ray found?
Tom Ray founded Mindstate Design Labs.

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