Luca Martial
FounderCo-founder & CEO at Kaelio
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedKaelio · YC
About
Luca Martial is co-founder and CEO of Kaelio. He has worked as a data scientist and NLP engineer, with expertise in enterprise data systems and AI safety.
Co-founder & CEO at KaelioYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Luca went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kaelio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Luca can intro founders to Kaelio's investors below.
Kaelio's investors · 2
Co-founders at Kaelio
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Andrey AvtomonovCo-founder & CTO
Experience
- KaelioCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GiskardLead Product Manager2023 — 2024Paris
- John Snow LabsHead of Product - LangTest2022 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- John Snow LabsSenior Data Scientist2021 — 2022
- University of CambridgeVisiting Scientist2020 — 2021Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- McGill UniversityBiostatistics Researcher2019 — 2020Montreal, Canada Area
- Centre universitaire de santé McGill | McGill University Health CentreProduct Manager2018 — 2019Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The WATTS PodcastCo-Founder & Producer2017 — 2019Montreal, Canada Area
- Rugby Canada, France Rugby, INS Québec, Alouettes de Montréal, Concordia StingersPerformance Scientist2016 — 2019International
Skills & more
Team LeadershipLeadership4Communication2Figma1Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Product Marketing6Product Discovery5Product Delivery3Exercise Physiology1Health Data Science1BiostatisticsEpidemiology
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Product ManagementProduct RoadmappingSalesNatural Language Processing (NLP)Machine LearningData ScienceStatisticsResearchUser ResearchSocial Media MarketingGraphic DesignStrategic PartnershipsLanguages English · French · Khmer · Spanish
- Spark NLP Healthcare Data Scientist — John Snow Labs
- Spark NLP Data Scientist — John Snow Labs
- Foundations In Patient Oriented Research - Module 1: Patient Oriented Research — Strategy For Patient Oriented Research
- Center for Innovation in Global Health - Ethical Challenges in Short-Term Global Health Training — Stanford University School of Medicine
- Implementing Knowledge Translation Strategies in Public Health — McMaster University
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luca Martial?
- Luca Martial is co-founder and CEO of Kaelio. He has worked as a data scientist and NLP engineer, with expertise in enterprise data systems and AI safety.
- Where does Luca Martial work?
- Luca Martial is Co-founder & CEO of Kaelio.
- What companies did Luca Martial found?
- Luca Martial founded Kaelio.
- Where did Luca Martial go to school?
- Luca Martial studied at Y Combinator; McGill University (MSc); Concordia University (BSc).
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