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Lina SamperunlockedTony: together at Universidad de los Andes - Colombia (2020–2024)
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About
Tony Montes is co-founder and CTO of Zolvo (YCP26). He previously worked as a founding AI engineer at Domu (YC S24), where he developed voice AI infrastructure serving enterprise fintech clients. His background includes AI research published at ACL and EMNLP conferences and work on generative models at Cornell.
Founder/CTO at ZolvoYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Tony 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 Zolvo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Zolvo's investors · 1
Co-founders at Zolvo
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Isabela RodriguezFounder/CEO
Experience
- ZolvoFounder & CTOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DomuFounding AI Engineer2025San Francisco Bay Area
- ProCibernéticaData Engineer2024 — 2025Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia
- Universidad de los Andes - ColombiaResearch Assistant (RA)2022 — 2024Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia
- Universidad de los Andes - ColombiaTeaching Assistant (TA)2020 — 2024Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia
- ITTIFreelance Software Developer2022Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia
Skills & more
Research1Natural Language Processing (NLP)3ControlNetLLMGCP3DAIMLTypeScriptExpress.jsAgileCync Factoring2
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RAGPyTorchBERT (Language Model)CLIPGenerative AIPythonNode.jsJavaScriptDjangoGitTensorFlowKerasLanguages Inglés
- Generative AI with Diffusion Models — NVIDIA
- Fundamentals of Deep Learning — NVIDIA
- Generative AI Fundamentals — Google
- Building Transformer-Based Natural Language Processing Applications — NVIDIA
- Finalist Team in Hackaton — Microsoft
- Member of Robocol, team of robotics at Universidad de los Andes. (2022) — Robocol Colombia
- Mathematics coursed with honors at Universidad de los Andes — Universidad de Los Andes
- Hotbed of Scientific and Technologic Talents, and participation in Expociencia Expotecnología — Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz
From Tony's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tony Montes?
- Tony Montes is co-founder and CTO of Zolvo (YCP26). He previously worked as a founding AI engineer at Domu (YC S24), where he developed voice AI infrastructure serving enterprise fintech clients. His background includes AI research published at ACL and EMNLP conferences and work on generative models at Cornell.
- Where does Tony Montes work?
- Tony Montes is Founder/CTO of Zolvo.
- What companies did Tony Montes found?
- Tony Montes founded Zolvo.
- Where did Tony Montes go to school?
- Tony Montes studied at Cornell University (Academic Research Program); Y Combinator (P26); Universidad de Los Andes (Bachelor's degree, Systems and Computing Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Cornell mafia535
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John ZimmerBSFounded LyftDavid SteinbergBAFounded Restorbio +3Hanson S. Gifford, IIIBSMEFounded Miramar Labs +3Emin Gun SirerAssociate ProfessorFounded Ava Labs +3Uri LopatinBAFounded Assemblybio +2Aniq RahmanB.S.Founded Ucmdigitalhealth +2
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Universidad de Los Andes mafia55
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Julián MeloB. Industrial EngineeringFounded Ubits +1Simon BorreroBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)Founded Rappi +1Charlie CorreaBachelor of Science in Industrial EngineeringFounded Luable +1David SusaBachelor's degreeFounded Luable +1Ruben CordobaIngeniero CivilFounded Hoytrabajas +1Gino GuatavitaBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)Founded Kontigo +1
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Same school
Also attended Cornell University1,413
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Universidad de Los Andes141
Daniel Porras ReyesAssociate at Flybridge Capital PartnersJuan Pablo SoulierPartner at Prelude VenturesAlexander Joël-CarbonellInvestor at HV CapitalJulián MeloInvestor at Roble VenturesFelipe MejiaInvestor / Principal at Ardent VentureDaniel Osorio PeñaInvestment Analyst at Orbit Startups
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Shared employers
Also worked at Zolvo1
Also worked at Domu6
Also worked at ProCibernética1
Also worked at Universidad de los Andes - Colombia33
Julián MeloInvestor at Roble VenturesFelipe AlvarezSenior Manager of Strategic Finance at Crosscut VenturesAndres FonnegraInvestment Analyst at InQlabSilvia Alejandra SanchezSourcing Specialist at UNICEF Innovation FundBernhard EikenbergPartner, Emerging Markets Strategy at Community Investment ManagementIvan FernándezInvestor at Enzo Ventures
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