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Alireza Mohammadshahi

Founder

Founder at Leeroo

United Kingdom

FoundedLeeroo · YC

About

Alireza Mohammadshahi holds a PhD from EPFL and previously worked on large language model systems at Meta AI and NaverLabs. He is a co-founder of Leeroo.

Founder at LeerooYC X25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Leeroo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Alireza can intro founders to Leeroo's investors below.

Leeroo's investors · 2

Cornerstone VCLondon · $317.5K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Leeroo

MYMajid Yazdani
Majid YazdaniFounder

Experience

  1. LeerooCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Jua.aiSenior AI Engineer2023 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
  3. University of ZurichSenior Research Scientist2023Zurich, Switzerland
  4. Idiap Research InstituteResearch Scientist2019 — 2023Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
  5. MetaResearch Engineer2022London, England, United Kingdom
  6. NAVER LABS EuropeResearch Engineer2022Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Skills & more

Hspice3Microsoft Azure13deepspeed14Docker Products11Amazon Web Services (AWS)1Wandb1Scikit-Learn1Deep Learning4Machine Learning4Natural Language Processing (NLP)4Web Design3Image Processing3
+12 moreRoboticsProgrammingResearchMicrosoft ExcelMatlabCMicrosoft WordPspiceC++TeachingAtmel AVRProteus

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alireza Mohammadshahi?
Alireza Mohammadshahi holds a PhD from EPFL and previously worked on large language model systems at Meta AI and NaverLabs. He is a co-founder of Leeroo.
Where does Alireza Mohammadshahi work?
Alireza Mohammadshahi is Founder of Leeroo.
What companies did Alireza Mohammadshahi found?
Alireza Mohammadshahi founded Leeroo.
Where did Alireza Mohammadshahi go to school?
Alireza Mohammadshahi studied at EPFL (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Y Combinator (X25 Batch); Sharif University of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Electrical).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Leeroo1

Majid YazdaniFounder at Leeroo

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Majid YazdaniFounder at Leeroo