Aquarium Learning
YC Summer 2020 AcquiredWe help ML teams improve their models by improving their datasets
https://www.aquariumlearning.com/ ↗Thesis fit
Off-thesis
Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.
Below your usual filter (40+)
Idea match
Light
How close the company’s idea is to your thesis statement
Sector
None
Overlap with sectors you care about
Geography
Unknown
Location unknown — scores 0
Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”
Founder ↑ improving
Traction → stable
Idea vs market ↑ improving
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People
Peter Gao
career mapped
Peter was an early employee (#18) at Cruise, where he built a large part of a self driving car from scratch. Before that, Peter di
28.2
medium confidence
Quinn Johnson
career mapped
Quinn is an engineer/manager who picked a *fantastic* time to co-found a company making deep learning pipelines that improve thems
15.2
medium confidence
Activity & evidence
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