About
Abel Riboulot previously worked as a portfolio manager at BlackRock managing an ML-driven hedge fund and has since focused on machine learning research, currently developing predictive ML systems.
Founder at unSurveyYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Abel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran unSurvey's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Abel can intro founders to unSurvey's investors below.
unSurvey's investors · 1
Co-founders at unSurvey
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Andrej Zukov-GregoricFounder
Experience
- TiltHead of Machine Learningcurrent2025 — present
- Self-employedArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Consultant2023 — 2025
- CorrilyCo-Founder & CEO2020 — 2023
- BlackRockPortfolio Manager and ML researcher2019 — 2020United States
- BlackRockData Analyst2017 — 2019Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan
- BaycareCo-Founder and CEO2016 — 2017Greater Tokyo Area
- Highrise HabitatFounder & Managing Director2015 — 2016Singapore
- Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.Algorithmic Trading2016Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Waseda UniversityResearch Assistant, Financial Economics2014 — 2016
- Takeda PharmaceuticalsMarketing Intern2015within 23 wards, tokyo, japan
- GE CapitalGRC Intern2015within 23 wards, tokyo, japan
- Active ConnectorIT Intern2014
- Selectra SARLSales Team Manager2012 — 2013
- Selectra SARLSales Representative2012
Skills & more
Management2Japanese1English2Machine Learning3Research6Machine VisionKubernetesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Quantitative ResearchTerraformVector dbComputer Vision
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DockerMicrosoft AzureNext.jsBashSystem AdministrationShell ScriptingPandasC#KotlinR (Programming Language)Amazon Web Services (AWS)NumpyLanguages English · French · Japanese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Abel Riboulot?
- Abel Riboulot previously worked as a portfolio manager at BlackRock managing an ML-driven hedge fund and has since focused on machine learning research, currently developing predictive ML systems.
- Where does Abel Riboulot work?
- Abel Riboulot is Founder of unSurvey.
- What companies did Abel Riboulot found?
- Abel Riboulot founded unSurvey.
- Where did Abel Riboulot go to school?
- Abel Riboulot studied at Y Combinator; Waseda University; Université Paris Dauphine - PSL (Business/Managerial Economics).
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Université Paris Dauphine - PSL mafia19
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Waseda University mafia4
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Shared employers
Also worked at Waseda University10
Hiro YoshikawaGeneral Partner at Carbide VenturesKyaloInvestor at Diamond Edge VenturesKenichi FunakiJapan Advisory Board Member at Benhamou Global VenturesAbhay GhatpandePrincipal at SproutxTed YamamotoGeneral Partner at Waseda University VenturesYoshiyuki ObaBusiness Angel at REDangels
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