Max Ahrens
FounderFounder & CEO · AI Lead at Tekton Dynamics · Founder & CEO / AI Lead at Maihem
London, England, United Kingdom
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About
Max Ahrens holds a PhD and postdoctoral degree in machine learning from the University of Oxford and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey. He is the founder and CEO of Tekton Dynamics.
Founder & CEO · AI Lead at Tekton DynamicsYC W24
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YC
Max went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Tekton Dynamics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Founder & CEO / AI Lead at Maihem
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Founder & CEO / AI Lead at Maihem
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Experience
- Tekton Dynamics (YC W24)CEO & Foundercurrent2023 — presentLondon | San Francisco
- The Alan Turing InstituteProject Co-Investigator2022 — 2023London, United Kingdom
- University of OxfordPostdoctoral Research Fellow2022 — 2023Oxford, United Kingdom
- University of OxfordTeaching Assistant2019 — 2022Oxford, United Kingdom
- NLP SoDaSFounder & Chair2021 — 2023Oxford, United Kingdom
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2014 — 2020Hamburg Area, Germany
- European Central BankGraduate Trainee2013 — 2014Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- Grameen BankIntern2011Dhaka, Bangladesh
- McKinsey & CompanyFellow Intern2011Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
- Barclays CapitalSummer Analyst2010London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Financial Econometrics1Machine Learning6Management Consulting1Big Data Analytics1Digital StrategyProject Management1Natural Language Processing (NLP)3Business Strategy6Economics2Python (Programming Language)Matlab1
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- TOEFL (119/120) — TOEFL
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- Who is Max Ahrens?
- Max Ahrens holds a PhD and postdoctoral degree in machine learning from the University of Oxford and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey. He is the founder and CEO of Tekton Dynamics.
- Where does Max Ahrens work?
- Max Ahrens is Founder & CEO / AI Lead of Maihem and Founder & CEO · AI Lead at Tekton Dynamics.
- What companies did Max Ahrens found?
- Max Ahrens founded Maihem, Maihem, Tekton Dynamics.
- Where did Max Ahrens go to school?
- Max Ahrens studied at University of Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning & Natural Language Processing (Engineering Science)); University of Oxford (Master of Philosophy - MPhil); Y Combinator (W 24).
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