# Cardinal Square

[Cardinal Square on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/cardinal-square)

Startup · 1 person on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://cardinalsquare.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cardinal-square)

## About

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## YC company profile

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)

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zixihong) · [X](https://x.com/zixihong_)

### 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.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpal9621/) · [X](https://x.com/jpaboat)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cardinal-square) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Bryan Hong](https://hacklab.so/bryan-hong) — Founder/CEO (Present)