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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO at acquisition; team joined Notion.\n\nNicholas Pipitone co-founded ZeroEntropy and was its CTO until Notion acquired the company in July 2026. His background is in theoretical mathematics and computer science. Before ZeroEntropy he was CTO or main developer at five startups, wrote statistical-arbitrage algorithms and audited blockchains for bug bounties and hedge-fund due diligence.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-pipitone-5736a2107/\n\n## What Nicholas builds\n\n- [ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroentropy.md), graded F, 14.3/100, in Embeddings \u0026 rerankers. Discontinued retrieval API acquired by Notion. Its embedding and reranking models remain available as open weights for self-hosting. Co-founder and CTO at acquisition; team joined Notion, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ghita Houir Alami](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ghita-houir-alami/), Co-founder and CEO at acquisition; team joined Notion\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Initialized Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/initialized-capital/)\n- [Transpose Platform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/transpose-platform/)\n- [22 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/22-ventures/)\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Nicholas Pipitone?\n\nNicholas Pipitone co-founded ZeroEntropy and was its CTO until Notion acquired the company in July 2026. His background is in theoretical mathematics and computer science. Before ZeroEntropy he was CTO or main developer at five startups, wrote statistical-arbitrage algorithms and audited blockchains for bug bounties and hedge-fund due diligence.\n\n### What does ZeroEntropy (acquired by Notion) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed from ZeroEntropy (acquired by Notion). Discontinued retrieval API acquired by Notion. Its embedding and reranking models remain available as open weights for self-hosting.\n\n### Who has invested in ZeroEntropy (acquired by Notion)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Transpose Platform, 22 Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.\n\n### How are Nicholas's tools graded?\n\nZeroEntropy zerank and zembed is graded F, 14.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zeroentropy\n- https://www.zeroentropy.dev/articles/zeroentropy-is-joining-notion\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghita-houir-alami/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-pipitone-5736a2107/\n- https://www.zeroentropy.dev/\n- https://docs.zeroentropy.dev\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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