San Francisco, California, United States
Co-founder
clado (YC X25) ⋅ Since 2025 ⋅ Current
X25
Y Combinator ⋅ Since Forever ⋅ Current
2 experiences
Co-founder
clado (YC X25) ⋅ 2025 - Present ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States
building deep research for people. there are 8 billion humans on earth. clado can find anyone. clado.ai
Advisor
SDx at UC San Diego ⋅ 2024 - Present ⋅ San Diego, California, United States
building the home for builders, creatives, and founders @ ucsd
3 schools
X25
Y Combinator
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Freshman | 4.0/4.0
UC San Diego ⋅ 2024 - 2028
on leave for YC
HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES
Crescent School ⋅ 2016 - 2024
Physics Education Research Group Co-Lead High School Big Data Challenge Co-lead Duke of Edinburgh Gold Big Data Day Winner - $1000 Canadian Young Physicists Tournament Gold - Best Physics Theory Award
Building people search @ clado (YC X25). I was previously studying at the University of California, San Diego and building tools to help re-interface the way people experience the world through technology. I am dedicated to applying my technical knowledge and love for interactional systems to solve real-world problems. contact me: tom [at] clado [dot] ai
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Popularity
1y
Experience
2
Awards
Best Research Poster
International Conference for Climate Change 2024
2024
Projects
Advancing Carbon Credit Accuracy: A Machine Learning Approach for Precise Carbon Sequestration Estimation.
Utilizing statistics to predict carbon sequestration for accurate and responsible carbon crediting. Published first author in proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Climate Change and STEM Fellowship Journal
2023 - 2024
Fluidic Manifold Fabrication for Laboratory Automation Applications
Fabricating efficient fluidic and microfluidic manifolds for earlier and automated detection of diseases. Tested diffusive bonding methods and implementation of multiplexed ELISA assays for automation and reported findings in a first author unpublished paper to protect ongoing research, but released to faculty. Worked in collaboration with University of Florida Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
2023 - 2023
Investigating the Negative Connotations of Subsidized Housing
Leveraging big data to quantitatively measure the effects of subsidized housing across Canada. Published first author in STEM Fellowship Journal.
2022 - 2023
SPARC - Student Participatory Action Research Collaborative
Investigating the effects on student-teacher relationships via various teaching methods, then implementing pilot projects and measuring its effectiveness in the classroom. Presented at UPenn 2022 SPARC Roundtable.
2021 - 2023
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