About
Hans Melo is Co-Founder and CEO of Menten AI, a drug discovery company that designs peptides for conditions with high unmet medical need using computational protein design methods based on machine learning and quantum computing. His technical background spans computational neuroscience, machine learning, and physics, with expertise in areas including quantum optimization, reinforcement learning, and computer vision. He has also served as a Scientific Advisor for The Decision Lab.
Founder at Menten AIYC W20
Intro paths
YC
Hans went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Hans can intro founders to Menten AI's investors below.
Menten AI's investors · 7
Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksBasecamp FundManchester · $100K – $10M checksbig_bets$300K – $2M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksSocial Impact CapitalNew York · $100K – $1.5M checksUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Menten AI
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Tamas GorbeFounder
Experience
- Menten AICo-Founder and CEOcurrent2018 — presentToronto, Canada
- AI Vali, Inc.Deep Learning Engineer2017 — 2018Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- University of TorontoResearcher/University Lecturer2015 — 2017Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Holem Group, Inc.International Purchasing Manager2008 — 2014
- UCLDecision Science Researcher2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Decision-Making3Mindfulness5FSL1SPM1Python3Matlab4R3C2Java2CSSWordpressRuby
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Tensor FlowHadoopTensorFlowSPSSData AnalysisMachine LearningParallel ComputingData ScienceStatisticsBayesian statisticsComputational NeuroscienceResearchLanguages Chinese · English · German · Portuguese · Spanish
- MILA - Deep Learning Summer School 2017 — Université de Montréal
- Data Science Specialization (Online Coursework - Coursera 2013) — The Johns Hopkins University
- Machine Learning (Online Coursework - 2014 Coursera) — Stanford University
- Hadoop Workshop (Sept. 2014) — University of Toronto
- Machine Learning Workshop (Scinet - Dec. 2014) — University of Toronto
- Scalable Data Analysis Workshop (Scinet - Oct. 2014) — University of Toronto
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hans Melo?
- Hans Melo is Co-Founder and CEO of Menten AI, a drug discovery company that designs peptides for conditions with high unmet medical need using computational protein design methods based on machine learning and quantum computing. His technical background spans computational neuroscience, machine learning, and physics, with expertise in areas including quantum optimization, reinforcement learning, and computer vision. He has also served as a Scientific Advisor for The Decision Lab.
- Where does Hans Melo work?
- Hans Melo is Founder of Menten AI.
- What companies did Hans Melo found?
- Hans Melo founded Menten AI.
- Where did Hans Melo go to school?
- Hans Melo studied at University of Toronto (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Neuroscience (Reinforcement Learning)); UCL (Master of Science (MSc), Cognitive and Decision Science); Louisiana State University (Bachelor's Degree, Physics).
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