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Aldo Lipani

Founder

Founder at Eloquent AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedEloquent AI · YC

About

Aldo Lipani is Co-founder of Eloquent AI and a Professor of Machine Learning at UCL, with a PhD from TU Wien. His background includes research positions at Microsoft Research, NIST, NII Tokyo, and Nvidia, focusing on large language models and training methodologies.

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Aldo Lipani @aldolipani

When the same query costs 20× more on ChatGPT than on Google Search, you realize that the traditional two-sided market, where ads subsidize a free product, simply can't currently support the economics of AI.

Jul 27, 2026

Aldo Lipani @aldolipani

Is software going through the same design homogenisation as modern architecture? Different products, different companies, the same visual language. Everything is starting to look like Claude.

Jul 23, 2026 · ♥ 1

Aldo Lipani @aldolipani

Data science is no longer 80% data cleaning. I’m still amazed by how quickly you can now design and run experiments. What used to take a day now takes an hour, largely because LLMs have eliminated so much of the data-cleaning work.

Jul 23, 2026 · ♥ 1

Founder at Eloquent AIYC X25

Intro paths

YC

Aldo went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Eloquent AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Aldo can intro founders to Eloquent AI's investors below.

Eloquent AI's investors · 8

Duke Capital PartnersFoundation CapitalHomebrewRevo CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementValia VenturesY CombinatorZeno Ventures

Co-founders at Eloquent AI

TBTugce Bulut
Tugce BulutFounder

Experience

  1. Eloquent AICo-Founder, CAIO & CTOcurrent2025 — present
  2. UCLProf. (Assoc.) in Machine Learningcurrent2023 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  3. UCLProf. (Asst.) in Machine Learning2019 — 2023London, United Kingdom
  4. UCLPostdoctoral Researcher2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  5. Vector.aiSenior Machine Learning Researcher2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
  6. Bloomberg LPVisiting Scientist2019 — 2020London, England, United Kingdom
  7. MicrosoftVisiting Researcher2017Cambridge, United Kingdom
  8. National Institute of Standards and TechnologyVisiting Researcher2017
  9. MicrosoftResearch Intern2016Cambridge, United Kingdom
  10. University of AmsterdamVisiting Researcher2016Amsterdam, Netherlands
  11. University of GlasgowVisiting Researcher2016Glasgow, United Kingdom
  12. National Institute of InformaticsVisiting Researcher2015Tokyo, Japan
  13. IKARUS Security Software GmbHSoftware Engineer2014Vienna, Austria

Education

  1. Technische Universität WienDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science2014 — 2018
  2. Y CombinatorX25
  3. Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science2010 — 2012
  4. Università di CataniaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2008 — 2010

Skills & more

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)4Information Retrieval8Natural Language Processing8Machine Learning7Deep Learning2Computer Engineering2Scala2Java1JavaScript1C#1C++1PyTorch
+3 moreTensorFlowC (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)

Languages English · Italian

  • NVIDIA DLI - DLI Platform Course for Instructors — NVIDIA
  • Professional Member — ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
  • Professional Member (MBCS) — BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy — Higher Education Academy

From Aldo's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Technische Universität Wien18

Joan MatonsAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment GroupWill MorrisonPrincipal at DFJJohann SteszgalBoard Member at Venionaire CapitalKeno KoernerAssociate Partner at Venionaire CapitalThomas KolbabekAssociate Partner at Venionaire CapitalHarald NiederGeneral Partner at redalpine

+ 12 more

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna51

Edoardo MingozziPortfolio Support Analyst at P101 VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsIrene MingozziVenture Partner at E12 Venture Capital, LlcLuca BarbiGeneral Partner & COO at STVMariana RomeroSenior Associate at NazcaJolene LumHead of Investor Relations at Cento Ventures

+ 45 more

Also attended Università di Catania2

Moreno BonaventuraLead Machine Learning Engineer at Inreach VenturesDr. Marco PavoneInvestor at AV8 Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Vector.ai3

Adrian LloydGeneral Partner at Episode1Mike DroeschPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJon ZanoffFounder at Stella Ventures

Also worked at Bloomberg LP96

Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupNaimish PatelChief Growth Officer at Red Cell Incubation

+ 90 more

Also worked at Microsoft737

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst

+ 731 more

Also worked at University of Glasgow5

Natalie JohnstonInvestment Principal at 4BIO CapitalJohn CampbellEIR at Delin VenturesMilana IdrisovaInvestment Analyst at Czech Founders VCAnu MavilakandyManager, Intellectual Property Commercialisation at Swinburne Innovation StudioIvan ValkovFounder at Slicker