Ahmet Demirbas
FounderCo-Founder & CTO at Mentlio
Pasadena, California, United States
FoundedMentlio · YC
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About
Co-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.
Co-Founder & CTO at MentlioYC S26
Intro paths
Ahmet went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mentlio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- MentlioCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentPasadena, California, United States
- OpenRecoveryFounding Engineer2025 — 2026
- OpenRecoveryAI Research Intern2025San Francisco Bay Area
- University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied SciencesMachine Learning Research Intern2021 — 2025Embedded Sensing and Computing (ESC) Group, CSE Department – University at Buffalo SUNY
- theCoderSchoolCoding Instructor2024
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ahmet Demirbas?
- Co-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.
- Where does Ahmet Demirbas work?
- Ahmet Demirbas is Co-Founder & CTO of Mentlio.
- What companies did Ahmet Demirbas found?
- Ahmet Demirbas founded Mentlio.
- Where did Ahmet Demirbas go to school?
- Ahmet Demirbas studied at Y Combinator; Caltech (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); LeapYear.
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