Owen Colegrove

Owen Colegrove is a serial entrepreneur and physicist specializing in artificial intelligence and decentralized technologies. He previously worked as a quantitative trader and researcher at Citadel before co-founding Algofi, a decentralized finance protocol that launched and operated through 2022. Colegrove holds a PhD in Particle Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, which he successfully completed in 2019. During his academic tenure, he conducted high-energy physics research at CERN, contributing to published scientific analyses regarding the Higgs boson between 2016 and 2019. As a two-time Y Combinator founder, he has launched multiple venture-backed startups, including a recent artificial intelligence technology venture participating in the W22 or S23 batch. His professional background bridges advanced quantitative finance, academic particle physics, and the ongoing development of complex blockchain and artificial intelligence applications within the broader modern technology sector.