About
William Salcedo studied at Cornell and Stanford, where his research focused on AI-based circuit verification. He worked at Nvidia and as an undergraduate designed chips, including work on LLM-assisted chip design.
Founder at PartclYC X25
Intro paths
William went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. β the partner who ran Partcl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, William can intro founders to Partcl's investors below.
Partcl's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Partcl
Experience
- PartclCEOcurrent2025 β present
- Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2023 β 2024
- Stanford UniversityCourse Assistant2024Stanford, CA
- NVIDIASM ASIC Performance2024Santa Clara, CA
- Efabless CorporationConsultant2024
- Cornell Custom Silicon SystemsDigital Subteam Lead2022 β 2023Ithaca, NY
- Aabix CorporationFounder - Chief Product Officer2020 β 2023Ithaca, New York, United States
- Cornell EngineeringGraduate Student Researcher2023Ithaca, NY
- AmazonHardware Development Engineering Intern2022Seattle, WA
- Cornell Autonomous Sailboat Team (CUSail)Team Lead2021 β 2022Ithaca, New York, United States
- Cornell Autonomous Sailboat Team (CUSail)Navigation Team Member2019 β 2021Ithaca, New York Area
- PSEGNuclear Engineering Intern2021Salem, NJ
Skills & more
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Autodesk EAGLELeadershipSemiconductor EngineeringMicrocontrollersField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Internet of Things (IoT)RTL CodingVery-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)SystemVerilogComputer EngineeringHardware EngineeringApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)From William's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is William Salcedo?
- William Salcedo studied at Cornell and Stanford, where his research focused on AI-based circuit verification. He worked at Nvidia and as an undergraduate designed chips, including work on LLM-assisted chip design.
- Where does William Salcedo work?
- William Salcedo is Founder of Partcl.
- What companies did William Salcedo found?
- William Salcedo founded Partcl.
- Where did William Salcedo go to school?
- William Salcedo studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering); Cornell University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering).
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