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William Salcedo

Founder

Founder at Partcl

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPartcl Β· YC

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

YC

William went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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†—

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In turn, William can intro founders to Partcl's investors below.

Co-founders at Partcl

Experience

  1. PartclCEOcurrent2025 β€” present
  2. Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2023 β€” 2024
  3. Stanford UniversityCourse Assistant2024Stanford, CA
  4. NVIDIASM ASIC Performance2024Santa Clara, CA
  5. Efabless CorporationConsultant2024
  6. Cornell Custom Silicon SystemsDigital Subteam Lead2022 β€” 2023Ithaca, NY
  7. Aabix CorporationFounder - Chief Product Officer2020 β€” 2023Ithaca, New York, United States
  8. Cornell EngineeringGraduate Student Researcher2023Ithaca, NY
  9. AmazonHardware Development Engineering Intern2022Seattle, WA
  10. Cornell Autonomous Sailboat Team (CUSail)Team Lead2021 β€” 2022Ithaca, New York, United States
  11. Cornell Autonomous Sailboat Team (CUSail)Navigation Team Member2019 β€” 2021Ithaca, New York Area
  12. PSEGNuclear Engineering Intern2021Salem, NJ

Skills & more

C++1VerilogPython (Programming Language)1Microsoft Excel3Microsoft Office3Java2C (Programming Language)3C#2Arduino IDE3Embedded SystemsESP8266Arduino
+12 moreAutodesk EAGLELeadershipSemiconductor EngineeringMicrocontrollersField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Internet of Things (IoT)RTL CodingVery-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)SystemVerilogComputer EngineeringHardware EngineeringApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)

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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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Cornell University mafia218

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