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About
Roman Engeler is co-founder and CTO of Atla, an AI safety-focused startup. He studied robotics at ETH, Stanford, and Imperial College, and has worked as an AI safety researcher at MATS.
Founder at AtlaYC S23
Intro paths
Roman went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Atla's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Roman can intro founders to Atla's investors below.
Atla's investors · 2
Co-founders at Atla

Experience
- CohereMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- AtlaCo-Founder (YC S23)2023 — 2026Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Stanford Existential Risks InitiativeAI Alignment Researcher2022 — 2023Berkeley, California, United States
- Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur in Residence | EF BE102022Berlin, Germany
- Sparrow VenturesTechnical Product Manager2020 — 2022Zurich, Switzerland
- MIACARTechnical Product Manager2020Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH ZürichResearch Assistant Robotics2018Zurich, Switzerland
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.Research Intern2017
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Roman Engeler?
- Roman Engeler is co-founder and CTO of Atla, an AI safety-focused startup. He studied robotics at ETH, Stanford, and Imperial College, and has worked as an AI safety researcher at MATS.
- Where does Roman Engeler work?
- Roman Engeler is Founder of Atla.
- What companies did Roman Engeler found?
- Roman Engeler founded Atla.
- Where did Roman Engeler go to school?
- Roman Engeler studied at ETH Zürich (Master of Science, Robotics); Stanford University (Visiting Researcher); ETH Zürich (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Maschinenbau).
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Imperial College London mafia378
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