Gabe Villasana
Co-Founder & CTO at GovEagle (YC W23).
Building AI that helps government contractors win federal awards.
Previously the founding ML engineer on Stripe's Financial Crimes team, where I built models to detect money laundering at scale. Before that, I led ML research at Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute.
MS & BS from Johns Hopkins University. Based in New York. When I'm not building, I'm dancing, mostly hip hop and house.
Experience
GovEagle — Co-Founder & CTO
2022 – Present
Building an AI platform that helps government contractors discover, qualify, and win federal awards. Raised $6M+ from SCV, YC, Sequoia Scout.
Stripe — Founding ML Engineer, Financial Crimes
2021 – 2022
Built ML models for money laundering detection at scale.
Wilmer Eye Institute — ML Research Lead
2020 – 2021
Led AI-based glaucoma prognostication research at Johns Hopkins.