About
Member of the Talent team at Audacious, focused on recruiting, who holds a BS and MS in biomedical engineering from Boston University and Columbia University. Previously served as Head of Growth at Audacious portfolio company Curious Cardinals.
Yousuf @yousufdoes
As companies start paying people higher salaries, I think we'll see less and less smart people become quants. Risk-averse smart people are getting paid (up to) millions at labs now and the quant pipeline is dying
Jul 30, 2026
Yousuf @yousufdoes
Jargon can be intimidating, but never let it be the reason you don't participate
Jul 21, 2026
Yousuf @yousufdoes
Distillation: using a large model to teach a smaller model how to behave. Ask a model a million different questions (literally) and understand its responses. You can then probably produce a good enough copy. But youβre imitating how a model reacts, not why it reacts.
Jul 21, 2026
Experience
- Audacious VenturesPlatformcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Curious CardinalsHead of Campus Growth2025 β 2026
- Columbia UniversityResearch Assistant2024 β 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- Prime Medicine, Inc.Automation Engineer Co-op2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Boston UniversityResearch Assistant - Galagan Lab2022 β 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Garuda TherapeuticsIntern2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Dyno TherapeuticsIntern2022Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Education
- Columbia UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
- Boston UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
Skills & more
Languages Arabic Β· English
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Also worked at Prime Medicine, Inc.2
Also worked at Boston University21
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