# Brontë Kolar

> Brontë Kolar is the Canadian co-founder and CEO of Zeon Systems, a San Francisco company building AI-powered robotics for scientific laboratory automation. Her background spans student hoverboard research, electric aircraft electronics, computational biology and engineering at LatchBio. Zeon participated in Y Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Zeon Systems
- **Organizations:** Zeon Systems, LatchBio, Silverwing Aeronautics, UC Berkeley, University of California, San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania, Delft University of Technology
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Master of Engineering, Bioengineering (Computational Biology), UC Berkeley College of Engineering, Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Minor, Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, International Baccalaureate, Pearson College UWC
- **Known for:** Published student research on hoverboard propeller efficiency in 2017., Co-founded Zeon Systems, a Y Combinator Spring 2025 company., Announced selection with Tahir D’Mello for Forbes 30 Under 30 for Zeon Systems; the professional-profile directory identifies the 2026 Manufacturing & Industry list.

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Published research on propeller-powered hoverboards in the Journal of Student Science and Technology.
- **2019–2020** — Power Systems Engineer at Silverwing Aeronautics.
- **2020** — Completed a remote Microsoft Technical Program Manager internship; discussed a mobile-app recommendation project in a TU Delft interview.
- **2022–2023** — Graduate Student Researcher at UCSF.
- **2023** — Helped code the Alter web app and create its branding and UI; announced its MVP with Ghita Houir Alami and Corrado Verhoeven.
- **2023–2025** — Worked at LatchBio, including as Bioinformatics Engineer and Lead Bioinformatics Engineer.
- **2025** — Co-founded Zeon Systems with Tahir D’Mello and participated in Y Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch.
- **2026** — Published technical and hackathon accounts of Zeon’s laboratory robotics platform.

## Achievements

- Published student research on hoverboard propeller efficiency in 2017.
- Co-founded Zeon Systems, a Y Combinator Spring 2025 company.
- Announced selection with Tahir D’Mello for Forbes 30 Under 30 for Zeon Systems; the professional-profile directory identifies the 2026 Manufacturing & Industry list.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Co-authored Automating the Long Tail of Science with Tahir D’Mello.
- **2026-04** — Published Inside the Zeon Stack, describing calibration, depth-based models and robot workflow execution.
- **2026-07** — Published a recap of the July 25 AI Science World Model Hack at Zeon Systems: more than 300 sign-ups and eight teams building over 24 hours.

## Links

- Website: https://www.zeonsystems.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronte-kolar
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/BronteKolar

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Last updated: 2026-10-15