Fundraising Fox
Find your path to Batu
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Batu
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to Batu. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
About
Batu Balci is co-founder and CEO of TovenAI. He previously worked as a quantitative research engineer in Citadel's Global Quantitative Strategies group and as a senior software engineer at Salesforce, and studied computer science at Stanford.
CEO at TovenAIYC S26
Intro paths
Batu 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 Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran TovenAI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Batu can intro founders to TovenAI's investors below.
TovenAI's investors · 5
Co-founders at TovenAI
Investments
Investor
Per curated public sources.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Batu Balci?
- Batu Balci is co-founder and CEO of TovenAI. He previously worked as a quantitative research engineer in Citadel's Global Quantitative Strategies group and as a senior software engineer at Salesforce, and studied computer science at Stanford.
- Where does Batu Balci work?
- Batu Balci is CEO of TovenAI.
- What companies did Batu Balci found?
- Batu Balci founded TovenAI.
- What companies has Batu Balci invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Arbital.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Stanford University mafia2,290
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Salesforce mafia235
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
About this profile. Compiled from public sources — TovenAI's own website and public professional profiles — and summarised by Fundraising Fox; every fact is kept with where it came from. Spotted an error, or would rather not be listed? Email privacy@fundraisingfox.com · How we build profiles · Your rights