EF Alumni

Asmelash Teka Hagdu

CTO, Lesan

Founded:

Cofounder:

Interests / background:

Machine Learning, Speech and Language

Location:

Berlin

Cohort:

Asmelash Teka Hagdu is finishing his PhD in Applied Machine Learning from Leibniz University Hannover. He indexed and analyzed more than 6 billion tweets and worked on cross-lingual short text matching. He co-founded a startup where he scraped the web to build risk profiles of companies.

Company:

Lesan AI

Instantly translates low resource languages - unlocking the web for the next billion users.

Kush Madlani

Ex-Tractable ML Researcher. Left career as a derivatives trader after teaching himself how to code.

Gregory Mostyn

Seasoned sales & marketing leader who's managed 25m+ in revenue across two high growth startups.

Julien Séveno-Piltant

EPITA AI graduate, deep-learning teacher & full-stack developer. Former CTO & serial entrepreneur.

Abdulhakim Bashir

CTO, Moonah Technologies

ML Engineer & Analyst @ Nigerian Government. Built AML algos to monitor finance & crypto sectors.

Robert Rouse

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PhD in Environmental Science and ML at the University of Cambridge. Former climate tech founder.

Dominic Hall

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Cambridge PhD in computational genomics. Graph ML specialist. Gene discovery ML researcher.

Elton Soares

3x founder w/ expertise in infrastructure product. Built last venture to 45 employees & R$120 M GMV.

Dirk Brink

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Web3 security expert and full-stack SW engineer. Chartered Engineer and Imperial graduate.

Yanlin Duan

CTO, Greenspot AI

Machine Learning Master from Columbia University. Tech lead of Robinhood’s lifecycle marketing tool.

Gian Luigi D’Alessandro

Physics PhD, ML expert at CERN. Indie Game Developer. Leading author of 3D modelling papers.

Timothy Wu

Self-taught AI Engineer. Lawyer & legal-tech founder. LLB Graduate at LSE.

Nicholas Ustaran-Anderegg

Machine learning engineer, MEng Imperial College London.

Olivia Stannah

Banker turned builder. Left Merrill & UBS for CompSci at Imperial. Led eng team at payment startup.

Christopher Tan

ML Scientist in Language-based Reinforcement Learning, research partner at DeepMind & Google Brain.

Dr Dom Pimenta

MBBS UCL, pharmaceutical & cardiology physician, digital health academic, winner of RAE award.

Lucien Maman

Ph.D. holder in Affective Computing / AI, with a background in software and video engineering.

Ege Yay

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Early employee & Country Manager at Bolt. Europe partner at MEGVII. Found & sold previous AI startup

François-Guillaume Fernandez

Deep learning researcher for DevTools. Top contributor to the leading AI open source framework.

Eric Daoud Attoyan

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Machine Learning PhD from INRIA & Paris-Saclay Uni. Transport & Resource Allocation specialist.

Maxime Mistretta

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PhD & Postdoc in Microbiology at Institut Pasteur. Specialist in advanced bacterial imaging methods.

Jay Shah

Experienced NLP system developer making work fun.

Dr. Claus Gruber

Medical Doctor (LMU, Harvard), researcher on telemedicine/shared care at Moorfields in London.

Maximilian Rolf

Former tech investment banker, advised leading B2B SaaS companies.

Daniel Partida

MSc in applied mathematics from ETH Zurich. Passion for web3 with deep expertise in NLP/AI.

Damodar Sojka

Experienced CTO. Built two-sided marketplaces. Passion for using Web3 to solve Web2 inefficiencies.

Agathe de Vulpian

BSc Ecole Polytechnique in Maths & Computer Science. MPhil Cambridge University in Machine Learning.

Daniel Sozonov

Founder of leading applied ML company in facial recognition for access control and payments.

Tom Gotsman

CEO, SoLo Protocol

Oxford, UC Berkeley, Imperial College. Machine learning researcher. Previous AI startup manager.

Stefan Bostock

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Expert in digital biomarkers, machine learning & computer vision. Merck Innovation award winner.

Rohan Tangri

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AI @ JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Statistical Machine Learning PhD @ Imperial College London.

Elisabeth Duijnstee

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Physics PhD @ University of Oxford, Machine Learning fellow @ Faculty AI.

Aakarsh Yadav

2x Masters from IIT Kharagpur. Full stack developer. Built social media & platform-based products.

Vishal Bhalla

TU Munich graduate, with an AI major. Specialist in NLP and personal assistants R&D.

Vibhor Saran

Ex VP - Data Science Team at Dozee, with 3 patents on applied Digital Signal Processing.

Sakshi Udeshi

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PhD, Machine Learning Testing from SUTD. Discovered 100K+ bugs in Google, Microsoft and Amazon’s AI.

Manick Kalra

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NUS EEE Valedictorian (Highest Distinction). Built AI to generate over US$10M in tyre sales.

Kevin Yee

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BEng in AI. Ex-IBM. Unlocked phones with fake human fingerprints. Winner of Ideasinc 2017.

Uzair Javaid

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PhD in blockchain. Hacked 670 Ethereum wallets. Ex-Merkle Science. E-gaming competition winner 2010.

Admond Lee

Physicist turned full-stack data scientist.

Burhan Ul Tayyab

AI Researcher with Global Awards.

Fannie Lin

Repeat Entrepreneur and founder. PhD.

Ulysse Mizrahi

Serial early-start-upper, passionate about all things productivity

Nicolas Rasamimanana

Entrepreneur with tech background, PhD in Machine Learning

Florian Savoy

Computer vision and machine learning expert

Negin Nahoomi

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NLP Engineer with experience developing AI products from R&D to production

Justin Macorin

2x founder focused on ML & cybersecurity. Built & sold enterprise SaaS to Fortune 500s

Avi Agarwal

Natural language processing expert, built products that grew revenue by $750,000

Siddharth Sharma

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

Alexander Reichenbach

Former lead product owner at Mercedes-Benz. Master’s in Computing/Machine Learning from Imperial

Pamela Carvallo

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

Kacper Kielak

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

Oleksii Sidorov

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

Mansoor Rahimat Khan

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

Siddharth Bhardwaj

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

Cuong To

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

Christian Wirsching

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Former management consultant with degrees in engineering and business

Daan Zeeuwe

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

Carmine Paolino

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

Artur Begyan

Mathematical financial developer and economist, including working as a Quant at Bank of America

Saaras Mehan

Computer Science at Cambridge, expert in Machine Learning (Goldman, Microsoft, Autodesk, Lexsnap)

Eoin Hyde

Co-founder Innersight Labs

PhD in Computer Science from University of Oxford

Lorenz Berger

Co-founder, InnersightLabs

PhD in Computer Science from Oxford University

Tanguy Serrat

CTO, SquareMind

MSc in Machine Learning, developed state-of- the-art deep learning systems for medical surgery

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

Jiameng Gao

Engineer, Master's in Machine Learning, Speech and Language Technology

Megan Lam

Held research fellowship at Yale School of Medicine and advisor to HealthTech developments

Phong Vo

PhD in Signal and Images, expertise ranging from machine learning to computer vision

Rob Palumbo

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

Sankar Seramani

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Machine learning expert and telecommunications engineer

Dmitry Isupov

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Degree in Mathematics, background in quantitative marketing

Siddhartha Gunti

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Researched in context based machine translation, ex-Quant

Deepti Chopra

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Engineer, former researcher at Caltech

Wilder Lopes

PhD in Machine Learning, experience building deep learning systems

Raz Ghafoor

Prize winning engineer, developed machine learning algorithms

Ulf Bissbort

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PhD in Theoretical Physics, experience in simulation and machine learning

Avni Agrawal

Computer science engineer, experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Gustavo Silva

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Machine learning specialist

Stefan Boronea

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Experience applying machine learning in research and commercial applications

Rashid Khan

Master’s in Machine Learning, industrial experience

Shubhankar Srivastava

Specialist in AI and machine learning

Lingxiao Xia

Expert in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence

Raphael Holca-Lamarre

PhD at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning

Tuhin Chakraborty

Software engineer, previously led engineering teams

Jonathan O’Keefe

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Doctor, neuroscientist and machine learning engineer

Ashish Kumar

Co-founder, Konigle

PhD in Machine Learning, developed framework for pattern detection from unstructured data

Long Hoang

Computer scientist, built machine learning models that analyse millions of transactions

Mohamed Ben Arbia

Specialist in signal processing and machine learning

Hasan Sheikh Faridul

Co-founder, Eyn

PhD in Computer Vision and Machine Learning, worked in world-leading security companies

Deepanshu Malik

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Experience building deep tech platforms and using computer vision and machine learning on video

James Williams

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Experience in finance, built high performance trading systems

Yu Zheng

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PhD in Quantitative Finance, expert in machine learning, option pricing and portfolio construction

Himanshu Upreti

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Extensive experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Laura Douglas

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

David Wood

Data scientist, PhD in Computational Neuroscience

Jordan Noble

Statistical machine learning expert focused on implementing real-time solutions at scale

Arpit Bajpai

Software Architect with expertise in blockchain and machine learning

Tristan Garrec

Deep expertise in computational market design

Sigurjon Isaksson

Strong interest and background in Machine Learning and Financial Engineering

Nnaemeka Obodoekwe

Built software architecture across Africa’s biggest banks and led machine learning teams

Jorge Alexander

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

Tanrajbir Singh Takher

Former Data Scientist with a Master's in machine learning from UCL

Trisha Chatterjee

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

Shalabh Singh

Expert generalist with Machine Learning background

Dr Siddhartha

Expertise in multiple machine learning domains, in particular Natural Language Processing

Kunal Sandeep

Co-founder, Polymerize

Industry experience in product development and management

Edoardo Barp

Vice President of Engineering, X80

Mathematician and machine learning specialist

Shivani Shah

PhD from French Nuclear Research Institute CEA, applied Machine Learning to large datasets

Prateek Gaur

Extensive background in computer science and machine learning, ex-Head of Data

Christopher Thompson

CTO, Micrographia Bio

Molecular biologist, machine learning engineer and roboticist

Andrea Mambrini

Award winning data scientist, developed bio-inspired algorithms for European Space Agency

Dr Stefano Goria

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

Tom Walker

Worked at the cutting-edge of mathematical optimisation and on production machine learning

Dr Yousef Amar

PhD in distributed networks and edge computing, avid marathoner

Simon Jordan

Machine learning expert, ex-researcher in Silicon Valley and led development teams at Volkswagan

Mehdi Adjaoue

Machine learning expert, deployed autonomous museum guides as an undergraduate

Jean-Baptiste Morlot

PhD in machine learning applied to genetics, pioneer in deep learning to decode sequencing data

Renan Pereira

Data scientist, experience developing and managing scalable machine learning models

Barnaby Hussey-Yeo

Data scientist with interests in finance and machine learning

Tarik Dadi

Led data science projects around the world, Master's Degree in Machine Learning

Nitish Mutha

Software engineer, coding since the age of 5

Rafie Faruq

Lifelong programmer with MSc in Machine Learning, previously a derivatives trader

Satyakama Paul

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

Josh Kettlewell

Expert in machine learning, quantum computing and cryptocurrency

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Abdelhadi Azzouni

Conducted innovative research applying machine learning to optimise large scale computer networks

Anil Chandra Naidu Matcha

Engineer, previously IIT, Samsung and Cisco

Jean-Vincent de Carvalho

Hacker, full-stack engineer and machine learning expert.

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

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Medical doctor with PhD in human genetics, previously Max Planck Institute

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Sadaf Monajemi

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Milad Mohammadzadeh

PhD in Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

Robert Meyer

PhD in Machine Learning

Jean-Baptiste Clouard

Experienced in supply chains, previously Anaplan, Quintiq, and Dassault Systèmes

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

Ankur Singh

Built and sold products for video companies

Tobias Rijken

Machine learning scientist with a focus on deep learning

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Joris Guerry

CTO, Rumble Studio

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

Vishal Bhalla

TU Munich graduate, with an AI major. Specialist in NLP and personal assistants R&D.

Vibhor Saran

Ex VP - Data Science Team at Dozee, with 3 patents on applied Digital Signal Processing.

Sakshi Udeshi

CTO, Lumeros AI

PhD, Machine Learning Testing from SUTD. Discovered 100K+ bugs in Google, Microsoft and Amazon’s AI.

Vatsal Aggarwal

Built Alexa’s first human-like voice, have 8 patents + publications in speech ML; Maths @ Cambridge

Anshul Basia

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

Wilmer Daza

Full-stack software & machine learning engineer with experience in the software development industry

Hector de Wazières

Former data scientist and strategy consultant with multiple entrepreneurial experiences

Danica Damljanovic

CEO, Sentient Machines

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

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

Jiameng Gao

Engineer, Master's in Machine Learning, Speech and Language Technology

Jesse Shemen

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

Adam Beaudoin

Scaled international development programs in two countries

Abhinav Yadav

Co-founder, Wavel.AI

PhD in computational neuroscience, st experience in dealing with big-data

Narasimha Suda

Co-founder, Wavel.AI

Master's in Physics and Mathematics, experience with data ranging from voice, images, and text

Toby Mather

Modern languages graduate helping pre-school children learn how to speak English through technology