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Veniamin Veselovsky

Founder

Founder at Preseen

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPreseen · YC

About

Veniamin Veselovsky completed PhD research at Princeton on large language models and previously conducted research across multiple institutions including Toronto, Switzerland, and Germany, with early experience at a Ukrainian startup developing interactive tables.

Founder at PreseenYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Veniamin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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 Preseen's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Veniamin can intro founders to Preseen's investors below.

Preseen's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Experience

  1. Preseenbuildingcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Princeton UniversityResearcher2024 — 2025
  3. South Park CommonsMembercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Researcher2022 — 2024Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
  5. InteractFellow2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Max Planck Institute for InformaticsResearcher2023 — 2024Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
  7. University of TorontoResearcher2020 — 2022
  8. KodisoftData Scientist2018 — 2020
  9. DECA OntarioPresident2016 — 2017Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  10. Fluid MediaSoftware Tester2014

Skills & more

Leadership15Public Speaking17Team Leadership8Strategic Planning4Machine Learning2Marketing7Social Media12Video5Event Planning3Event Management3Market Research4

Languages English · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Veniamin Veselovsky?
Veniamin Veselovsky completed PhD research at Princeton on large language models and previously conducted research across multiple institutions including Toronto, Switzerland, and Germany, with early experience at a Ukrainian startup developing interactive tables.
Where does Veniamin Veselovsky work?
Veniamin Veselovsky is Founder of Preseen.
What companies did Veniamin Veselovsky found?
Veniamin Veselovsky founded Preseen.
Where did Veniamin Veselovsky go to school?
Veniamin Veselovsky studied at Princeton University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); EPFL (Master of Science - MS, Data Science); University of Toronto - University of Trinity College (Arts and Science, Mathematics and International Relations).

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