Nicholas Pipitone

Nicholas Pipitone is the Cofounder and CTO of ZeroEntropy, a San Francisco artificial intelligence search startup focused on unstructured data retrieval. Founded in 2024, the company participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch and secured between 4,500,000 and 4,700,000 dollars in seed funding backed by Initialized Capital. Prior to establishing this enterprise, Pipitone dropped out of Carnegie Mellon University to pursue entrepreneurship and subsequently served as the chief technology officer or lead developer for five emerging technology companies. His background in theoretical mathematics and computer science spans core systems programming using C and Assembly, statistical arbitrage algorithms, and blockchain security auditing, alongside building AI infrastructure for startups including Myko, Manifest, and Magibook. Pipitone's current professional focus centers on engineering intelligent retrieval systems, large language model context optimization, and developer tools for AI agents and RAG applications.