About
William Huang studied computer science at Stanford and previously worked at Waymo and Citadel Securities. He is currently CEO of Sylvian.
Founder at SylvianYC F25
Intro paths
YC
William went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sylvian's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, William can intro founders to Sylvian's investors below.
Sylvian's investors · 1
Co-founders at Sylvian
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Niall KehoeFounder
Experience
- WaymoML Research Intern2025Mountain View, California, United States
- Citadel SecuritiesQuantitative Research Intern2024Miami, Florida, United States
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)ML Research2023 — 2024Stanford, California, United States
- OnCourseCo-Founder2023 — 2024
- Harvard Medical SchoolML Research2023Stanford, California, United States
- Stanford University School of EngineeringCS 198 Section Leader2023
- Stanford UniversityPhysics Research2020 — 2022
Frequently asked questions
- Who is William Huang?
- William Huang studied computer science at Stanford and previously worked at Waymo and Citadel Securities. He is currently CEO of Sylvian.
- Where does William Huang work?
- William Huang is Founder of Sylvian.
- What companies did William Huang found?
- William Huang founded Sylvian.
- Where did William Huang go to school?
- William Huang studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Lynbrook High School.
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