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Lukas Ego

Founder

Founder at Stillwind

Switzerland

FoundedStillwind · YC

About

Lukas Ego holds a B.S. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and pursued graduate studies in Data Science at the same institution. He has previously worked on deep learning optimizers at ETH Zurich, contributed to reinforcement learning at Augento, and developed database systems at SMA, and is now co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Stillwind.

Founder at StillwindYC W25

Intro paths

YC

Lukas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Stillwind's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Lukas can intro founders to Stillwind's investors below.

Stillwind's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Stillwind

LMLinus Meierhöfer
Linus MeierhöferFounder
HFHannes Furmans
Hannes FurmansFounder
JZJosef Zoller
Josef ZollerFounder

Experience

  1. Stillwind (YC W25)Co-Founder & CPOcurrent2024 — present
  2. SMA und Partner AGSoftware Engineer Working Student2023 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland

Skills & more

Languages Aramaic · English · German

  • Scholarship Political Think-Tank — Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

From Lukas's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Lukas Ego?
Lukas Ego holds a B.S. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and pursued graduate studies in Data Science at the same institution. He has previously worked on deep learning optimizers at ETH Zurich, contributed to reinforcement learning at Augento, and developed database systems at SMA, and is now co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Stillwind.
Where does Lukas Ego work?
Lukas Ego is Founder of Stillwind.
What companies did Lukas Ego found?
Lukas Ego founded Stillwind.
Where did Lukas Ego go to school?
Lukas Ego studied at Y Combinator; ETH Zürich (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).

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