Where does Arkadiy Telegin work?

Arkadiy Telegin is Founder of Leaping AI.

What companies did Arkadiy Telegin found?

Arkadiy Telegin founded Leaping AI.

Where did Arkadiy Telegin go to school?

Arkadiy Telegin studied at Y Combinator; Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Honors Degree, Technology Management); The University of Tokyo (Visiting Scholar, Computer Science).

Arkadiy Telegin

Founder

Founder at Leaping AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedLeaping AI · YC

Find your path to Arkadiy

679 people in our graph share verified history with Arkadiy — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Hannes Voucko-GlocknerunlockedArkadiy: together at Technical University of Munich (2022–2023)

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About

Arkadiy Telegin has worked in autonomous robotics spanning self-driving cars, space technology, and consumer applications, and led software efforts at Germany's largest space-tech student organization.

Founder at Leaping AI YC W25

Intro paths

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

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Leaping AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Arkadiy can intro founders to Leaping AI's investors below.

Leaping AI's investors · 5

Basis Set VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $3M checks Nexus Venture PartnersPort Louis, Port Louis · $500K – $10M checks Orange CollectiveDanville Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Leaping AI

Kevin WuFounder

Experience

Leaping AI (YC W25)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — present
WARRChief Software Officer, WARR Space Robotics2023 — 2024Munich, Bavaria, Germany
WARRTechical Lead, WARR Exploration2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
WARRSoftware & Robotics Engineer, WARR Exploration2022 — 2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
PlusML Engineer Intern, Perception2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern, Azure Cognitive Services2022 — 2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
STTech GmbHSoftware Engineer, AI and Autonomous Systems2019 — 2022München

Skills & more

Large Language Models (LLM)4Transformers4Reinforcement Learning4Multi-agent SystemsNvidia Jetson3Python (Programming Language)19MLOps2Linux19JavaScript2Vue.js2Machine Learning26Haskell

+12 more

RDBMSAzure KustoRedisDistributed SystemsC++KerasTensorFlowR (Programming Language)Embedded LinuxMicrosoft AzureC#Pandas (Software)

Languages English · German · Kazakh · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Arkadiy Telegin?: Arkadiy Telegin has worked in autonomous robotics spanning self-driving cars, space technology, and consumer applications, and led software efforts at Germany's largest space-tech student organization.
Where does Arkadiy Telegin work?: Arkadiy Telegin is Founder of Leaping AI.
What companies did Arkadiy Telegin found?: Arkadiy Telegin founded Leaping AI.
Where did Arkadiy Telegin go to school?: Arkadiy Telegin studied at Y Combinator; Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Honors Degree, Technology Management); The University of Tokyo (Visiting Scholar, Computer Science).