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Lukas Schneider

Founder

Founder at Aedilic

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

FoundedAedilic · YC

About

Lukas Schneider is the founder and CTO of Aedilic, with prior research experience in machine learning and robotics at the Robotic Systems Lab and drone control algorithm development at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He holds a Master of Science in Robotics, Automation and Control from ETH Zurich.

Founder at AedilicYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Lukas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Aedilic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

Aedilic's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Aedilic

NWNicholas Waltz
Nicholas WaltzFounder

Experience

  1. Stealth StartupRobotics Engineercurrent2026 — present
  2. Nomadic DronesFounding Engineer2025 — 2026
  3. AedilicCTO/Founder2024 — 2025
  4. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.Student Internship2023Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
  5. secunet Security Networks AGWorking Student2018 — 2021

Skills & more

Informatik1Programmierung1Python2PHP1JavaScript1CDeutsch

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lukas Schneider?
Lukas Schneider is the founder and CTO of Aedilic, with prior research experience in machine learning and robotics at the Robotic Systems Lab and drone control algorithm development at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He holds a Master of Science in Robotics, Automation and Control from ETH Zurich.
Where does Lukas Schneider work?
Lukas Schneider is Founder of Aedilic.
What companies did Lukas Schneider found?
Lukas Schneider founded Aedilic.
Where did Lukas Schneider go to school?
Lukas Schneider studied at ETH Zürich (Master of Science - MS, Robotics); Technische Universität Darmstadt (Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatik).

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