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
YC
Roman went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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 ↗
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In turn, Roman can intro founders to Atla's investors below.
Atla's investors · 2
Co-founders at Atla
MB
Maurice BurgerFounder
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
Product Management12Python10Leadership8Datenanalyse3Statistik2Machine LearningAlgorithmenDeep LearningAnalysis1E-CommerceMatlab5C++3
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LaTeXMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointTensorflowUbuntuTeachingPublic SpeakingTime Series AnalysisReinforcement LearningBusiness RequirementAgile MethodsLanguages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch
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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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