About
Nils Börner is co-founder and CTO of transload, bringing five years of experience in computer vision development across deep-tech startups and academic settings. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from TU Munich and a Master's in Data Science from the University of Queensland, and has co-authored research in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
Founder at transloadYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Nils went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran transload's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nils can intro founders to transload's investors below.
transload's investors · 1
Co-founders at transload
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Julius ScheelFounder & CEO
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Jago Wahl-SchwentkerFounder
Experience
- transload (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentMünchen, Bayern, Deutschland
- hema.to GmbHAI Engineer2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- IBMDevOps Consultant2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- ImageBiopsy LabAI Engineer2021 — 2022Vienna, Austria
- TUM CAMPAI Research Assistant2021Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- doubleSlash Net-Business GmbHAI Engineer2020 — 2021Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- FocusMétricaWeb Engineer2020Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
- WAGO KontakttechnikBI Engineer2019Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- CitrixSales Engineer2018Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nils Börner?
- Nils Börner is co-founder and CTO of transload, bringing five years of experience in computer vision development across deep-tech startups and academic settings. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from TU Munich and a Master's in Data Science from the University of Queensland, and has co-authored research in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
- Where does Nils Börner work?
- Nils Börner is Founder of transload.
- What companies did Nils Börner found?
- Nils Börner founded transload.
- Where did Nils Börner go to school?
- Nils Börner studied at Y Combinator; Technical University of Munich (Master of Science - MS, Informatics); The University of Queensland (Master of Science - MS, Data Science).
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