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EF Alumni

Akhil Menon

Co-founder, unScript AI

Interests / background:

AI, Marketing and Advertising

Location:

Bangalore

Cohort:

Akhil is a digital Marketing and Enterprise Sales expert. He has experience in building and scaling 0 to 1 business engines for InMobi Group companies across geographies. He has previously co-founded notNULL Media LLP and Empirics Asia (Prev. The Asian Entrepreneur). Has sold his final-year engineering project.

Siddharth Sharma

#13 @ Wayve. Deployed real-time Machine Learning on autonomous vehicles. Ex-Microsoft.

Tom Etminan

Founded 2nd Gen Art NFT project on Solana. 2x founder. web3 investor

Michael Baumgartner

2x founder, extensive experience with sales and product, Master’s from CBS

Reza Zolfaghari

Deep Learning/Computer Vision PhD, expert scientist in video creation

Robert Van Den Bergh

Prev CEO & Founder @ VC backed robotics and AI company. Expert in growth marketing and partnerships.

Cameron Whitehead

Previously Senior Engineer at Series A tech company. Expert in building scalable consumer solutions.

Phil Haynes

PhD Molecular Biophysics at UCL and Imperial College London. Specialist in AI and microscopy R&D.

Rory Ryan

3x founder, exited 1x biotech company, experienced in engineering, 3 years working in Shenzhen China

James Branigan

Cambridge graduate. Degrees in Physics, Applied Mathematics, and AI. Former top B2C salesman

Ojas Shukla

Second time founder. University of Singapore dropout. Successfully exited first company at age 19

Marcus Naughton

CEO/CTO, Chatsight

LLB Graduate, with Economics. Self-taught NLP/AI Engineer. Red Bull Basement national winner 2019

Brent Rohner

Exited founder (MarTech), B2C growth marketer and full-stack engineer.

David Bouba

Co-founder, Swaap

Ex-Snap Inc. engineer building million-user scale software products

Pamela Carvallo

Machine learning specialist (PhD) & 2nd time technical founder.

Svend Court-Payen

Co-founded a video-first website builder. Expert in video, growth and social media.

Alesis Novik

Exited co-founder and CTO of AimBrain, formerly CERN and E Capital

Kacper Kielak

CTO, Quantum Boost

Software engineer specialising in machine learning and optimisation. Ex-Amazon and JPMorgan.

Rachiket Arya

NUS Science and Technology Scholar, with experience in building software products from scratch.

Oleksii Sidorov

Machine Learning expert who has built algorithms at Facebook AI Research and Oxford University.

Ivo Verhaegh

CEO, Powerhouse AI

Former founder and background in project leadership in innovation and process optimisation.

Majid Hasan

An economist and a data scientist with a Ph.D. in finance.

Jiale Tan

Driven by a mission to democratise access and analysis of ESG investing.

Maria Corlianò

Maria is an award-winning scientist and brings experience in the field of the gut microbiome.

Ian Chong

An experienced founder, founded & exited 2 businesses prior, specialising in performance marketing.

Srinidhi Moodalagiri

Computer scientist, built risk models for multi-billion dollar consumer portfolios

Mansoor Rahimat Khan

CEO, Beatoven.ai

Engineer combining classical music training and a background in live and recording industry

Siddharth Bhardwaj

CTO, Beatoven.ai

Solved problems in audio signal processing, machine learning, deep learning & generative music

Anshul Basia

Worked on critical NLP based solutions at Microsoft, graduate from IIT Delhi

Arthur Wandzel

AI researcher specialising in computer vision and robotic decision making

Gui Wainwright

Ran data & special projects for 5x governments, 2x militaries, 3x startups, 1x unicorn & JAMM

Cuong To

CTO, Cinference

Expert in machine learning, previously lead data scientist at AI startup

Daan Zeeuwe

Experienced software architect and published researcher, worked on multiple AI-related projects

Dominik Lambersy

CEO, Text Cortex AI

Experience in venture capital, automation, AI, ex-Imperial College London

Carmine Paolino

Began programming at 5, developed machine learning and anti-corruption systems

Avik Mukhija

Machine learning scientist & entrepreneur, developed & sold AI solutions to grocery retailers

Ilan Palacci

Engineer, former CPO of AI startup

Nicolas Carmont

CTO, Connect Earth

Experience creating sustainability startups with background in AI and software engineering

Ludovico Mitchener

CTO, PhycoWorks

AI engineer & interdisciplinary scientist

Kit Logan

Founded a product studio at 14, winning awards for activity tracking products loved by 350k people

Charlie Leggate

Experienced founder and commercial strategist, grew a FitTech community from 0-450k

Lorenzo Ampil

CTO, Hawksight.co

Data scientist, built financial AI software for global enterprises and asset management firms

Walter Frank Pintor Ortiz

Expertise across industrial robotics and automation

Dr Dirk-Jan van Veen

Expert in optimising software agents to communicate and collaborate

Ayesha Anees

Researcher in AI for Healthcare, worked with leading clinicians to increase healthcare access

Dr. Antareep Sharma

Expertise from across the healthcare sector, PhD in Bionsensors

Davy Smith

AI researcher with post-doc in interactive and adaptive broadcasting technologies

Raja Srivastav Chirravuri

Master's in Engineering, experience building and scaling natural language processing products

Ehsan Ghoreishi

PhD in AI, built content classification techniques for major telcos

Danica Damljanovic

CEO, Sentient Machines

PhD in AI and Natural Language Processing, worked in startups analysing natural language

Alex Palmer-Walsh

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Pei-Hao (Eddy) Su

Co-founder, PolyAI

Award-winning reinforcement learning expert, previously Facebook AI Research

Tsung-Hsien (Shawn) Wen

Machine learning researcher, previously worked at Google Brain and IPSoft

Nikola Mrkšić

PhD in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, first hire at VocalIQ

Jesse Shemen

Graduate of Stearn Business School, previously Deloitte Ventures and Octopus Investments

Caleb Chiu

Expert in consumer applications, developed AI-enabled digital therapeutics

Rose Haft

Studied Biomedical Optics at some of the world's leading engineering schools

Jurek Kozyra

PhD in DNA Nanotechnology, background in complex AI

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Eunice Wong

CEO, Milky Way AI

Award-winning retail professional

Rob Palumbo

Growth marketing leader who scaled 3x B2C companies from Seed to Series A/B+ and millions in revenue

Sean Billings

Cloud + ML engineer going heads down on production-grade ML systems with OutPoint, Cambridge, Amazon

Yufan Wang

Co-founder, AIMS

Ph.D. in the area of wearable devices, artificial intelligence, and sports motion analysis

Audrey Gayman

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, TOffeeAM

PhD in Additive Manufacturing, expertise in robust analysis

Marco Pietropaoli

PhD in Fluid Dynamics, expertise in AI software for Additive Manufacturing

Gong Yiwei

Co-founder, VRcollab

Brings experience in network and distributed systems

Joshua Oppenheimer

CEO, Transformative

Emergency medicine doctor

Marek Sirendi

CTO, Transformative

Ex-researcher at CERN, PhD in High Energy Physics

Sumukh Avadhani

AI expert, previously Samsung Creativity Lab, Toshiba and Google

Shubhankar Srivastava

Specialist in AI and machine learning

Misha Filippov

Chief Scientist, Quod AI

Mathematical physicist, built AI models for prestigious institutions

Kaveh Taghipour

PhD in Natural Language Processing, developed information extraction and text classification systems

Lingxiao Xia

Expert in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence

Jaron Collis

Co-founder, Plural AI

PhD in AI, experience building natural language and knowledge-based systems

Haoyu Bai

Co-founder, Movel

PhD in Computer Science with experience in AI and robotics

Mislav Stipetic

CTO, Magic Sandbox

Full-stack engineer, previously led the IoT platform at Infarm

Yazan Al Alami

Co-founder, Creative AI

Helped local and global brands 10x their reach and engagement on social media

Lukas Dirzys

CTO, Creative AI

Expert in optimised image and text generation

Laura Douglas

Experience building AI health products, degrees in Machine Learning and Statistics

Alex Reed

Degree in commerce, led creation of AI driven buying experience

Nick La Rooy

Co-founder, LoopPerfect

Full-stack developer, ex-Barclays Capital with MA in AI and Philosophy

Helene Guillaume

Ex-hedge fund quant, MSc in financial risks and ultra athlete

Alan Mosca

Researched deep learning theory and optimisation methods, previously worked in quantitative finance

Dev Amratia

Led national review on AI, ex-project manager

Jorge Alexander

CTO, Syndi Health

2x CTO with a track-record of implementing scalable and disruptive machine learning solutions

Akshay Gugnani

CTO, Expertia AI

AI and NLP researcher, developed the current state-of-the-art job recommender & hiring system

Trisha Chatterjee

CTO, immunitoAI

Experienced in R&D, applying AI & ML solutions to various real world problems

Dr Elias Willemse

CTO, Waste Labs

Expert in optimisation modelling, developed AI to optimise waste collection

Lucas Lopez

CTO, Volatile AI

Award winning digital smell researcher, built cutting-edge artificial neural networks

Dr Stefano Goria

Expert in mathematical modelling & multi-modal ML (17 years), PhD in Theoretical Physics, ex-quant

Dr Emilia Molimpakis

Expert in language use as cognitive biomarker (12 years), Neuroscience PhD, Innovation Award Winner

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Dr. Ben Fielding

Computer scientist with publications in Evolutionary Optimisation for Neural Architecture Search

Hugo Pascail

CTO, Invest Insight

PhD in Quantitative Finance, experience building AI models and econometric algorithms

Jean-Régis de Vauplane

CEO, Invest Insight

Worked on AI and web projects as an Agile Coach and Product Manager

Guglielmo Montone

Specialist in deep and transfer learning

Maëliza Seymour

Experience as an IT project manager at global banks, machine learning graduate

Manasa Nadipally

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Medical Image Processing

Satyakama Paul

CTO, BrainEnTech Neuroscience

Data scientist with PhD and postdoc in AI and experience in Machine Learning

Uzair Ahmed

CTO, Right-Hand Cybersecurity

Expertise across leadership, AI and software development

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Dornoosh Zonoobi

PhD in AI medical imaging, experience in leading clinical research

Boon Khai Lim

CTO, Interviewer.AI

Built large-scale web applications, passionate about disruptive tech

Hardik Thakkar

Built complex systems as a software engineer, experienced in Data Science and managing large teams

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Benjamin Tang Hao Zhe

Expert in AI and software engineering, youngest ever quant at a top investment bank

Dmitry Vedenypain

PhD in AI and MBA, experience in consultancy and scaling product teams in VC-funded fintech

Zeena Qureshi

Speech and language therapy expert

Rayna Patel

CEO, VineHealth

Doctor and neuroscientist, previously Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia

Georgina Kirby

CTO, VineHealth

Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

Sachin Chiramel

CEO, real analytics

Experience in investment banking and financial services

Nitin Shukla

CTO, real analytics

Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Laina Emmanuel

CEO, Brainsight AI

Healthcare business expert, previously Clinton Health Access Initiative

Rimjhim Agrawal

CTO, Brainsight AI

PhD in AI in Psychiatry from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience

Sasha Haco

Astrophysicist, previously Cambridge and Harvard

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Facebook and AdTech

Pahini Pandya

Cancer researcher, post-doctorate from Cambridge

Hazel Savage

Experienced music industry professional, previously Shazam, Pandora and Universal Music

Aron Pettersson

Data science specialist, degree in Physics and Master's in Molecular Biology

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Alex Dalyac

Ex-Imperial College London, LSE and Rocket Internet, co-founded EF's first Unicorn, Tractable

Razvan Ranca

Computer scientist, previously Cambridge, worked with leading academic in Machine Learning

Sadaf Monajemi

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Milad Mohammadzadeh

PhD in Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

Karim Benchaaboun

Machine learning engineer, previously Axa and Criteo

Ramakrishna Nanjundaiah

MSc in Computational Mechanics, built city-scale simulations

Maria Meier

CTO, Phantasma Labs

MSc in Software Engineering, previously TU Munich, Brown University and Oracle

Yassine Emile Tahi

AI project leader, previously HEC Paris & Sciences Po

Anshul Gupta

CTO, Retail Pulse

Engineering degree from NIT, led winning team in P&G Global AI Challenge

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Chris Emery

Engineer programming since age 12, expert in 3D graphics and high-performance computing

Tomide Adesanmi

CEO, Circuit Mind

Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Basilio Gentile

CTO, Circuit Mind

PhD in mathematical algorithms for complex systems from ETH Zurich

Dr Sripad Devalla

CTO, Origin Health

PhD in clinical AI algorithms for medical imaging and worked with global health systems

Jens Thang

CEO, Origin Health

Experience in building companies with specific expertise in the technology industry

Arun Bhatia

Master's in Computer Science, built deep tech AI products for companies in India and Japan

Carl Robinson

CEO, Rumble Studio

Experienced podcaster and AI data scientist.

Joris Guerry

CTO, Rumble Studio

Machine learning and AI expert, previously built full-stack applications for industry giants.

Guillaume Rivals

Computer science and AI engineer, passionate about using data to fight climate change.

Michael Baumgartner

2x founder, extensive experience with sales and product, Master’s from CBS

Reza Zolfaghari

Deep Learning/Computer Vision PhD, expert scientist in video creation

Robert Van Den Bergh

Prev CEO & Founder @ VC backed robotics and AI company. Expert in growth marketing and partnerships.

Brent Rohner

Exited founder (MarTech), B2C growth marketer and full-stack engineer.

Ian Chong

An experienced founder, founded & exited 2 businesses prior, specialising in performance marketing.

Dominik Lambersy

CEO, Text Cortex AI

Experience in venture capital, automation, AI, ex-Imperial College London

Ceyhun Derinbogaz

CTO, Text Cortex AI

Led a data engineering team at trivago, patents in energy industry and publications in deep learning

Jaime Ng

Founder, MatchCasts

Technical and data-driven Chief Marketing Officer

Harold Mollison

Head of Sales and Marketing, Spidfier

Background in marketing and management

Dmitry Isupov

Co-founder, Chattermill

Degree in Mathematics, background in quantitative marketing

Sumukh Avadhani

AI expert, previously Samsung Creativity Lab, Toshiba and Google

Will Hanschell

Systems engineer with experience in creative service

Yazan Al Alami

Co-founder, Creative AI

Helped local and global brands 10x their reach and engagement on social media

Lukas Dirzys

CTO, Creative AI

Expert in optimised image and text generation

Himanshu Upreti

CTO, AI Palette

Extensive experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Som Gan Choudhuri

CEO, AI Palette

Experience in the FMCG industry, worked on product innovation across multiple geographies

Swayam Narain

Award-winning computer scientist and software engineer

Nisarg Shah

Spearheaded software automation and big data projects, launched a social learning platform

Juan Barragan

Experienced in software development with work on pattern recognition in finance and advertising

Aakash Dhuna

CTO, Outside Voice

Computer science graduate, built a popular chatbot and experienced in growth

Vibhas Jain

CEO, Outside Voice

Lead design teams at Indian Unicorns