About
William Nickols is the founder and CTO of Lotas, a data science company, and a Harvard graduate.
Founder at LotasYC S25
Intro paths
YC
William 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 Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Lotas's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, William can intro founders to Lotas's investors below.
Lotas's investors · 1
Co-founders at Lotas
JG
Jorge GuerraFounder
Experience
- LotasFounder, CTOcurrent2025 — present
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthBiostatistics Researcher2021 — 2025
- Harvard UniversityStat 111 Course Assistant2023 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard UniversityStat 139 Course Assistant2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Buck Institute for Research on AgingUndergraduate Researcher2023Novato, California, United States
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterHigh School Researcher2019Dallas, Texas, United States
Skills & more
Gibson AssemblyConfocal MicroscopyShell ScriptingStanR (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)C++C (Programming Language)SLURM Cluster computing
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is William Nickols?
- William Nickols is the founder and CTO of Lotas, a data science company, and a Harvard graduate.
- Where does William Nickols work?
- William Nickols is Founder of Lotas.
- What companies did William Nickols found?
- William Nickols founded Lotas.
- Where did William Nickols go to school?
- William Nickols studied at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics); Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Master of Arts, Statistics); Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, Statistics & Chemical and Physical Biology).
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