Cardinal Square

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About Cardinal Square

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AI-native schools

Cardinal Square is building AI-native schools, starting unaccredited with an after-school writing class before building full, accredited schools. We think education is going to look very different in a few years; not a world without teachers, but one where great educators and AI work side by side to deliver personalized education to every student.

YC batch: Fall 2026
Founded: 2026
Team size: 2
Location: San Francisco
Country: US
Status: Active
Industry: Education
Stage: Early
Tags: Education, Consumer, AI
YC partner: Charlie Warren

Founders

Bryan Hong — Founder/CEO

principal @ cardinal square | prev. ceo @ shofo (yc w26)

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Jai Pal — Founder/CTO

Co-Founder & CTO at Cardinal Square. Previously Software Engineering Intern at Snowflake (Core Engineering) and Quantitative Developer at a proprietary trading firm building ML and trading infrastructure.