About
Isaac Nichols is co-founder and CTO of Certus AI. He began technical work at 16 as an intern at Falcon Eye Drones and has since developed AI systems for logistics, telecom, and restaurant technology sectors, including a hospitality management platform; he was a founding engineer at Hive AI and previously co-founded other startups.
Isaac Nichols @_apisaac
How do you know you’re building in sf?… Anyone looking for an intern? @ycombinator https://t.co/t4Z5KGfbll
Aug 5, 2025 · ♥ 4
Isaac Nichols @_apisaac
Restaurant owners! This is the no. 1 AI phone agent for restaurants👇 Certus AI is taking thousands of calls per day across the US, Canada, and the UK Restauranteurs no longer worry about missed calls, customers on hold, failed orders.... Never hire another staff member. https://t.co/jwZP8mWBmj
May 17, 2025 · ♥ 1
Isaac Nichols @_apisaac
Quick reminder tonight to stop doing ‘your best’ and just do what is required. https://t.co/VnF2fLoYFd
Sep 4, 2024
Founder at Certus AIYC S25
Intro paths
Isaac went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Certus AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Isaac can intro founders to Certus AI's investors below.
Certus AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at Certus AI
Experience
- Certus AICo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Link AIFounder2024Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- FEDS Drone-powered SolutionsArtificial Intelligence Consultant2024Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- XticketCo-Founder2023 — 2024Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Hive AIFounding Engineer2023 — 2024Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Club ConnectCo-Founder2023City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- CBR UKSocial Media Coordinator2019Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- FEDS Drone-powered SolutionsIntern2019Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Education
- Y Combinator2025
- IIE Varsity CollegeBachelor's degree, Computer and Information Sciences in Application Development.2022 — 2024
- Grace College, Hilton, KZNMatric Certificate, IEB2020 — 2021
- Curro Bloemfontein High School2018
- St. Andrew's School, Bloemfontein2016 — 2017
Skills & more
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AutomationBusiness Process ImprovementCompany Set-upStart-ups ManagementBusiness DevelopmentClient RelationsSoftware DesignProcess AutomationSoftware InfrastructureWorkflow ManagementSOP DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)- Glide Certification: Level 3 — Glide (glideapps.com)
- Glide Certification: Level 2 — Glide (glideapps.com)
- Glide Certification: Level 1 — Glide (glideapps.com)
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