Overview
Noa Flaherty is CTO and cofounder at Vellum[1][2], a personal AI assistant company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 cohort[11]. Flaherty holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12]. Prior to founding Vellum in December 2022[3], Flaherty worked at Dover as a Software Engineer and later in management roles between October 2020 and December 2022[4][5][6]. Earlier experience includes positions at DataRobot as a Software Engineer across multiple teams from January 2019 to September 2020[7][8][9][10].
Profile introduction
CTO and cofounder at Vellum (YC W23, Series A). We build personal AI assistants — not the kind that forgets you between sessions, but the kind that actually knows you, learns your context, and gets real work done. Software that feels like it belongs to you. We dogfood hard. Every Vellum employee has their own. My cofounder's organized a company party with his. One person ran up $1k in AI spend in 5 days. Building something people use that much changes how you think about what software can do. Before this: MIT, Apple, Onshape, DataRobot, Dover.
Career history
- CTO & FounderDec 2022 to presentVellum
- Software Engineering ManagerAug 2022 to Dec 2022Dover
- Tech Lead ManagerFeb 2022 to Aug 2022Dover
- Software EngineerOct 2020 to Feb 2022Dover
- Software Engineer, Team Lead - COVID IntelligenceMay 2020 to Sep 2020DataRobot
- Software Engineer, MLOpsSep 2019 to May 2020DataRobot
- Software Engineer, Team Lead - Business EngineeringApr 2019 to Sep 2019DataRobot
- Software Engineer, Business EngineeringJan 2019 to Apr 2019DataRobot
Education
Y Combinator2023 - 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering and Management (Double Major)2011 - 2015Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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