About
Youssef Rizk is a software engineer who previously spent four years at Palantir, where he led their startup practice and met his co-founder. He holds an MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London.
Founder at WondercraftYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Youssef went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Wondercraft's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Youssef can intro founders to Wondercraft's investors below.
Wondercraft's investors · 2
Co-founders at Wondercraft
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Dimitris NikolaouFounder
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Dimi NikolaouFounder
Experience
- WondercraftCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- MoonshotCo-Founder2022 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Software Engineer2018 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- Imperial College LondonUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2016 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
- Imperial College LondonUndergraduate Researcher2017London Area, United Kingdom
- CapcoSummer Associate2016London Area, United Kingdom
- SprintTechSummer Internship2015Cairo, Egypt
Skills & more
Management8Public Speaking4Teamwork2Leadership2Creative Problem Solving1Deadline Oriented2Project Management2Research2Agile Project Management1Management Consulting1ARM Assembly2Business Analysis1
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F#PrologMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceSoftware DevelopmentScrumWeb DevelopmentProfessional CommunicationSignal ProcessingMicrocontrollersStatistical Data AnalysisArtificial Neural NetworksLanguages Arabic · English · French · German · Italian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Youssef Rizk?
- Youssef Rizk is a software engineer who previously spent four years at Palantir, where he led their startup practice and met his co-founder. He holds an MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London.
- Where does Youssef Rizk work?
- Youssef Rizk is Founder of Wondercraft.
- What companies did Youssef Rizk found?
- Youssef Rizk founded Wondercraft.
- Where did Youssef Rizk go to school?
- Youssef Rizk studied at Imperial College London (Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineerin); Codesmith (Summer Academy of Code); Cairo American College (High School, International Baccalaureate).
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