Beacons (YC S19) — An AI-powered, all-in-one business platform for content creators
Helping creators build smarter and more successful businesses with websites, email marketing, ecommerce, and more.
Beacons is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: An AI-powered, all-in-one business platform for content creators. The founders listed are Neal Jean (Founder/CEO), David Zeng (Founder), Jesse Zhang (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 4, 2018).
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Helping creators build smarter and more successful businesses with websites, email marketing, ecommerce, and more.
Beacons lists 1 open role on its directory entry.
Neal Jean
Founder/CEO
Hey, I'm Neal! Before Beacons, I did my PhD in the Stanford AI Lab where I did research in deep learning.
David Zeng
Founder
Hi, I'm David. I went to college in Illinois, then did my PhD in signal processing and machine learning for medical imaging at Stanford. My hobbies include lifting and food arbitrage.
Jesse Zhang
Founder
👋 Hey, I'm Jesse. I grew up in the Boston area and studied electrical engineering at Tufts University. I came to Stanford right after to do a PhD in machine learning and genomics.
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