# Nicholas Pipitone (slim)

> Nicholas Pipitone is co-founder and CTO at acquisition; team joined Notion. ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CTO at acquisition; team joined Notion.

Nicholas 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.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-pipitone-5736a2107/

## What Nicholas builds

- [ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroentropy.md), graded F, 14.3/100, in Embeddings & 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.

## Works with

- [Ghita Houir Alami](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ghita-houir-alami/), Co-founder and CEO at acquisition; team joined Notion

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Initialized Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/initialized-capital/)
- [Transpose Platform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/transpose-platform/)
- [22 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/22-ventures/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)

## Questions

### Who is Nicholas Pipitone?

Nicholas 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.

### What does ZeroEntropy (acquired by Notion) make?

Anchor Terminal lists ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed from ZeroEntropy (acquired by Notion).

### Who has invested in ZeroEntropy (acquired by Notion)?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Transpose Platform, 22 Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

### How are Nicholas's tools graded?

ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed is graded F, 14.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zeroentropy
- https://www.zeroentropy.dev/articles/zeroentropy-is-joining-notion
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghita-houir-alami/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-pipitone-5736a2107/
- https://www.zeroentropy.dev/
- https://docs.zeroentropy.dev

These 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.