About
Tristan Kalos worked as an ML engineer at source{d} and as a researcher at UC Berkeley. He is building Escape, a YC W23 company focused on application security for single-page applications, APIs, and microservices.
Founder at EscapeYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Tristan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Escape's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tristan can intro founders to Escape's investors below.
Escape's investors · 8
Balderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M checksFramework VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $40M checks · since 2026FrstParis · $2M checksIris CapitalParis · $1.1M – $32.4M checksKima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checksRibbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checks · since 2026Tiny Supercomputer Investment CompanyBerlin · $200K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at Escape
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Antoine CarossioFounder
Experience
- EscapeCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — present
- X-HEC EntrepreneursEntrepreneur In Residence2019 — 2020Paris, Île-de-France, France
- source{d}Machine Learning Engineer2019Madrid Area, Spain
- MantyData Science2018Station F, Paris, France
- University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Researcher Intern2017Berkeley, CA, United States
Skills & more
Corporate FinanceTeam Management11Product ManagementEnterprise Software Sales1Python14Data Analysis7Mathematics6Node.js3C/C++7Git4Optimization1Webdesign7
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Machine LearningLaTeXDeep LearningKerasLanguages Anglais · Espagnol · Français
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tristan Kalos?
- Tristan Kalos worked as an ML engineer at source{d} and as a researcher at UC Berkeley. He is building Escape, a YC W23 company focused on application security for single-page applications, APIs, and microservices.
- Where does Tristan Kalos work?
- Tristan Kalos is Founder of Escape.
- What companies did Tristan Kalos found?
- Tristan Kalos founded Escape.
- Where did Tristan Kalos go to school?
- Tristan Kalos studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Postgraduate Entrepreneurship track); HEC Paris (MSc, Entrepreneurship (X-HEC program)).
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia117
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HEC Paris mafia83
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