About
Mauricio Ortiz co-founded and serves as CEO of Kimpton AI. He previously co-founded Level III Capital, a quantitative systematic trading firm, where he managed technical implementation of investment processes including research and trade execution. Earlier, he worked on critical infrastructure systems at Goldman Sachs, including projects for the consumer bank and Apple Card division.
Founder at Kimpton AIYC X26
Intro paths
Mauricio went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kimpton AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Mauricio can intro founders to Kimpton AI's investors below.
Kimpton AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at Kimpton AI
Experience
- Kimpton AI (YC P26)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
- Level III CapitalCo-Founder, CTO, Co-CIOcurrent2021 — presentDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Goldman SachsConsumer Wealth Management | Critical Infrastructure DevOps Engineer2020 — 2021
- Goldman SachsCIMD Software Engineer2019
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mauricio Ortiz?
- Mauricio Ortiz co-founded and serves as CEO of Kimpton AI. He previously co-founded Level III Capital, a quantitative systematic trading firm, where he managed technical implementation of investment processes including research and trade execution. Earlier, he worked on critical infrastructure systems at Goldman Sachs, including projects for the consumer bank and Apple Card division.
- Where does Mauricio Ortiz work?
- Mauricio Ortiz is Founder of Kimpton AI.
- What companies did Mauricio Ortiz found?
- Mauricio Ortiz founded Kimpton AI.
- Where did Mauricio Ortiz go to school?
- Mauricio Ortiz studied at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).
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