vasco_

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I am passionate about creating amazing products by combining a set of extraordinarily talented individuals, a thorough problem understanding, scalable solutions and a lot of hard work. I have a PhD in Language Technologies from Carnegie Mellon.
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Comment · 2 years ago
Halo, developed by Unbabel, combines a non invasive BCI with an LLM to enable ALS patients to regain the ability to talk with loved ones. The search for a CEO is on.
Comment · 11 years ago
Hi, this is Vasco, I am Unbabel's CEO. We have a margin, of course, that depends on several factors.
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks, it certainly did help beyond YC. The YC network is fantastic and I have to say the in general the YC brand open many doors. Both with customers, investors and recruiting. I don't know if you are also doing a startup, but if so, good luck :)
Comment · 11 years ago
In our batch there were at least three teams with founders that had kids. I think that what you mean that is that doing a startup in general is biased against people with kids/families. I agree, but that is mostly because living on a smaller budget with kids is harder. The beautiful thing of a startup is that in most cases you work really hard and at the same take breaks in moments where it is important to be there for your kids. YC is structured in a way where during those three months you kind of take a break with your regular life and focus relentlessly on your company, but I believe that doing that is one of the most brilliant things from YC, it makes all the difference in the world for your chances of success.

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