About
Maximilian Arnold studied computer science at CODE University and Stanford. He worked as an AI engineer at Porsche focused on procurement and established an honors exchange partnership with Stanford.
Founder at OntoraYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Maximilian went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Ontora's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Maximilian can intro founders to Ontora's investors below.
Ontora's investors · 1
Co-founders at Ontora
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Leon IwanowitschFounder
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David KornFounder
Experience
- Ontora (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentСан-Франциско, CA
- Porsche AGAI Engineer2024 — 2025Вайсах
- Various CompaniesVarious Positions2021 — 2024Berlin, Deutschland
Skills & more
Languages Deutsch · English · French · Russian
- Founder Track — Null Fellows
- -1 Technologist — The Sandbox
- Winning Team: InCube Challenge (Roche x IQVIA) — ETH Zürich
- Fellow — EuroTech Federation
- Scholarship USA — DAAD German Academic Exchange Service
- N&W SF 24 — buildspace
- Startup Mentorship — BASES
- Winning Team: Global Enterprise AI & Cloud Challenge — Intel
- Scholarship IoT Talent Program — MotionLab.Berlin
From Maximilian's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maximilian Arnold?
- Maximilian Arnold studied computer science at CODE University and Stanford. He worked as an AI engineer at Porsche focused on procurement and established an honors exchange partnership with Stanford.
- Where does Maximilian Arnold work?
- Maximilian Arnold is Founder of Ontora.
- What companies did Maximilian Arnold found?
- Maximilian Arnold founded Ontora.
- Where did Maximilian Arnold go to school?
- Maximilian Arnold studied at Y Combinator (Spring Batch 26); CODE University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering); Stanford University (Visiting Student, Computer Science).
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