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João Abrantes

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Founding CTO at Optimal

Lisbon Metropolitan Area

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João Abrantes trained in bioengineering before completing a PhD in robotics at EPFL in Lausanne. He is the founding CTO of optimal.

Founding CTO at Optimal

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Optimal's investors · 8

2050ParisAir Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checksBackedLondon · $500K – $5M checksCarmel VenturesHerzeliyaCrane Venture PartnersLondon · $750K – $3M checksEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksKoch Disruptive TechnologiesSan FranciscoPitangoTel Aviv · $4M – $100M checks

Co-founders at Optimal

DHDave Hunter
Dave HunterCEO

Experience

  1. Alpaca LawFoundercurrent2022 — presentLisbon, Portugal
  2. IndependentIndiepreneur2021 — 2025Lisbon, Portugal
  3. Sakana AIResearch Residency2024 — 2025
  4. Optimal LabsFounder & CTO2016 — 2018
  5. EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Graduate Teaching Assistant2015 — 2016
  6. EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)PHD Researcher2014 — 2016

Skills & more

Computer VisionFlutterLarge Language Models (LLM)Machine Learning14Reinforcement Learning3Physics11Signal Processing9Entrepreneurship13Data Analysis4Algorithms6Programming12Mathematics3
+5 morePythonMatlabLaTeXC++Computer Vison

Languages English · Português

  • Duolingo Proficiency Exam in English: Expert — Duolingo

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Who is João Abrantes?
João Abrantes trained in bioengineering before completing a PhD in robotics at EPFL in Lausanne. He is the founding CTO of optimal.
Where does João Abrantes work?
João Abrantes is Founding CTO of Optimal.
What companies did João Abrantes found?
João Abrantes founded Optimal.
Where did João Abrantes go to school?
João Abrantes studied at EPFL (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics); Instituto Superior Técnico (Master of Engineering (MEng), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering); University of Amsterdam (Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence).

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Dave HunterCEO at Optimal