Zeyneb Kaya
FounderCo-Founder & CTO at Topological
Saratoga, California, United States
FoundedTopological Β· YC
About
Zeyneb Kaya studied computer science, physics, and mathematics at Stanford, conducting research in reinforcement learning, pretraining, efficient algorithms, synthetic data, and physics. She is building Topological.
Co-Founder & CTO at TopologicalYC S25
Intro paths
Zeyneb went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β the partner who ran Topological's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Zeyneb can intro founders to Topological's investors below.
Topological's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Topological
Experience
- Jane StreetMachine Learning Researchercurrent2026 β present
- TopologicalCo-Foundercurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)Student Researchercurrent2025 β present
- OpenAIStudent Researcher2025 β 2026
- DriaAI Researcher2025
- Stanford UniversityResearch Intern2021 β 2024
- Intelligent Conversational Agents and Neural Networks LabResearch Intern2021 β 2022San Jose State University
Skills & more
Languages Chinese Β· English Β· Turkish
- Natural Language Processing | Specialization β Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zeyneb Kaya?
- Zeyneb Kaya studied computer science, physics, and mathematics at Stanford, conducting research in reinforcement learning, pretraining, efficient algorithms, synthetic data, and physics. She is building Topological.
- Where does Zeyneb Kaya work?
- Zeyneb Kaya is Co-Founder & CTO of Topological.
- What companies did Zeyneb Kaya found?
- Zeyneb Kaya founded Topological.
- Where did Zeyneb Kaya go to school?
- Zeyneb Kaya studied at Stanford University (Master's Degree, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science / Mathematics / Physics); Saratoga High School.
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