Sidney Primas

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Co-Founder at Lemon Slice (YC W24)

Bishop, California, United States

Overview

Sidney Primas is a Co-Founder at Lemon Slice (YC W24), an AI company building foundation models for interactive video. A serial entrepreneur, he previously co-founded Infinity AI and Edge Analytics, a successful ML consulting firm. He attended Duke University and dropped out of his PhD program at MIT to pursue his ventures.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Assertive

Curious

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Topics They Care About

AI Video Generation
His current company, Lemon Slice, is building an AI video foundation model for expressive, talking characters. He has a passion for visual storytelling.
Entrepreneurship
Has co-founded three companies (Lemon Slice, Infinity AI, Edge Analytics) and famously dropped out of his MIT PhD program to start his first consulting firm.
AI in Healthcare
During his PhD research at MIT, he developed a low-cost microscope that uses machine learning to perform automated urinalysis with high accuracy.

Media Appearances

Sidney has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024
Co-Founder at Lemon Slice (YC W24)
Board Member at Edge Analytics Inc
12-2021
Co-Founder & Partner at Edge Analytics Inc
12-2021 - 12-2023
Co-Founder at Infinity AI
9-2015 - 6-2018
PhD Candidate - EECS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education

2015 - 2018
PhD Candidate (dropped-out) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Science (BS) from Duke University

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Exp : 9 Location : Bishop, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder at Lemon Slice (YC W24)
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Insights For Selling To Sidney

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sidney is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sidney

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sidney move?

  • They like to analyze well and can take their time to reach any decisions.
  • Can Sidney take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Sidney

Personality Compatibility


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