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Michael Louis

Founder

Founder at Cerebrium

New York, New York, United States

FoundedCerebrium · YC

About

Michael Louis is a South African entrepreneur who held the CTO role at OneCart before its acquisition by Walmart and Massmart. He currently co-founded Cerebrium, a machine learning platform focused on model training, deployment, and production monitoring for businesses.

Founder at CerebriumYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Michael went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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 Cerebrium's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Michael can intro founders to Cerebrium's investors below.

Cerebrium's investors · 4

AUTHENTIC VENTURESOakland · $100K – $1M checksDepth VenturesSan FranciscoGradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Cerebrium

JIJonathan Irwin
Jonathan IrwinFounder

Experience

  1. CerebriumCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
  2. OneCartCTO at OneCart (Acquired)2020 — 2021
  3. OneCartLead Developer2019 — 2020South Africa
  4. registreeHead of Product2019 — 2020South Africa
  5. SxuirrelCo-Founder and CTO2016 — 2019
  6. MTNConsultant2018 — 2019South Africa
  7. CraftrPart-time IOS Developer2015 — 2016Cape Town Area, South Africa

Skills & more

Information Technology6Computer Science5Leadership11Web Development12Software Development5HTML4CSS4Java4SQL4JavaScript5PHP4Research5
+5 morePublic SpeakingMicrosoft ExcelBusiness StrategyStrategic PlanningApp development

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Louis?
Michael Louis is a South African entrepreneur who held the CTO role at OneCart before its acquisition by Walmart and Massmart. He currently co-founded Cerebrium, a machine learning platform focused on model training, deployment, and production monitoring for businesses.
Where does Michael Louis work?
Michael Louis is Founder of Cerebrium.
What companies did Michael Louis found?
Michael Louis founded Cerebrium.
Where did Michael Louis go to school?
Michael Louis studied at Stellenbosch University (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Data Science); Stellenbosch University (Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science); Diocesan College (High School, National Senior Certificate).

Founder mafias

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cerebrium1

Jonathan IrwinFounder at Cerebrium

Also worked at OneCart2

Jérôme LossonPartner and Head of Portfolio Operations, Private Equity at Ambienta SGRJonathan IrwinFounder at Cerebrium

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