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Mentlio

YC S26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

Mentlio is an applied research lab that helps enterprise engineering teams measure AI tool spend against delivery on a per-engineer basis and reduce that spend using machine learning-based request routing, context optimization, and prompt compression. It serves companies adopting AI coding tools.

Also known as Adjoint

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S26)

Mentlio was founded in 2026 by Ashank Shah and Ahmet Demirbas.

ASAshank Shah
Ashank Shahin𝕏Co-Founder & CEOCo-founder and CEO of Mentlio. Previously studied computer science at Caltech and researched generative and graph-based deep learning for biomedical problems at Dartmouth Health.
ADAhmet Demirbas
Ahmet DemirbasinCo-Founder & CTOCo-founder and CTO of Mentlio, Ahmet Demirbas studied computer science at Caltech and has published research on machine learning, NLP, and agents in venues including IEEE, ACM, and BMC.

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What does Mentlio do?
Mentlio is an applied research lab that helps enterprise engineering teams measure AI tool spend against delivery on a per-engineer basis and reduce that spend using machine learning-based request routing, context optimization, and prompt compression. It serves companies adopting AI coding tools.
Who founded Mentlio?
Mentlio was founded by Ashank Shah, Ahmet Demirbas in 2026.
Who are Mentlio's investors?
Mentlio's investors include Y Combinator.
Where is Mentlio headquartered?
Mentlio is headquartered in San Francisco, US.