About
Majid Yazdani is co-founder and CEO of Leeroo. He previously held positions as a staff scientist at Meta AI and LinkedIn AI, VP at BYJU's, and researcher at the University of Geneva and Idiap Research Institute. He holds a PhD in machine learning from EPFL.
Founder at LeerooYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Majid 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 Leeroo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Majid can intro founders to Leeroo's investors below.
Leeroo's investors · 2
Co-founders at Leeroo
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Alireza MohammadshahiFounder
Experience
- LeerooCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- BYJU'SVP of Research and Technology2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- MetaTechnical lead, Meta AI2019 — 2022
- Entrepreneur FirstCohort memeber2019
- LinkedInStaff Applied Scientist2016 — 2017
- University of GenevaPostdoctoral Researcher2013 — 2015Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Idiap Research InstituteResearch Assistant2008 — 2013Switzerland
Skills & more
Machine Learning57Artificial Intelligence48Algorithms39Pattern Recognition20Natural Language Processing23Neural Networks15Mathematical Modeling11Artificial Neural Networks6Data Mining11Information Retrieval6Statistics4Computer Science17
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Computer VisionSignal ProcessingImage ProcessingProgrammingOpenCVImage AnalysisDigital Image ProcessingObject RecognitionLeadershipLaTeXC++MatlabLanguages English · Persian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Majid Yazdani?
- Majid Yazdani is co-founder and CEO of Leeroo. He previously held positions as a staff scientist at Meta AI and LinkedIn AI, VP at BYJU's, and researcher at the University of Geneva and Idiap Research Institute. He holds a PhD in machine learning from EPFL.
- Where does Majid Yazdani work?
- Majid Yazdani is Founder of Leeroo.
- What companies did Majid Yazdani found?
- Majid Yazdani founded Leeroo.
- Where did Majid Yazdani go to school?
- Majid Yazdani studied at EPFL (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Artificial Intelligence); Aryamehr University of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering); National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sampad) (Mathematics and Physics).
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