Lionel Vital
FounderFounder at Bandit ML
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedBandit ML Β· YC
About
Lionel Vital was a tech lead at Twitter building analytics infrastructure and ML services, and an early engineer at tenXer, an engineering analytics company acquired by Twitter. He is currently CTO at Bandit ML, a machine learning API focused on long-term business metric optimization.
Founder at Bandit MLYC S20
Intro paths
Lionel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Lionel can intro founders to Bandit ML's investors below.
Bandit ML's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Bandit ML
Experience
- KiraVP of Engineeringcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SiloHead of Engineering2024 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- SiloEng Manager2022 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Bandit MLCo-Founder, CTO2019 β 2022
- crobotFounder2018 β 2019
- TwitterSenior Software Engineer2015 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- tenXerSoftware Engineer2012 β 2015San Francisco
- KISSmetricsWeb Development Intern2011San Francisco Bay Area
- True VenturesTEC Intern2011
- micromobsWeb Development Intern2010 β 2011
- micromobsBusiness Development and Marketing Intern2010
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lionel Vital?
- Lionel Vital was a tech lead at Twitter building analytics infrastructure and ML services, and an early engineer at tenXer, an engineering analytics company acquired by Twitter. He is currently CTO at Bandit ML, a machine learning API focused on long-term business metric optimization.
- Where does Lionel Vital work?
- Lionel Vital is Founder of Bandit ML.
- What companies did Lionel Vital found?
- Lionel Vital founded Bandit ML.
- Where did Lionel Vital go to school?
- Lionel Vital studied at Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management Science & Engineering); Tennyson High (High School).
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