About
Ulme Wennberg is CTO at Vantel with a background in software engineering at Microsoft and NLP research, including work on information extraction and conversational AI systems. He studied Engineering Physics and Business at KTH and SSE in Sweden, completed graduate studies at the University of Washington, and has founded multiple startups.
Founder at VantelYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Ulme went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Vantel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ulme can intro founders to Vantel's investors below.
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Co-founders at Vantel
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Experience
- VantelCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — present
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology & WASP AIPhD Researcher, NLP2020 — 2024
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Redmond, Washington
- Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at University of WashingtonVisiting Thesis Researcher, NLP2019Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon Alexa PrizeApplied Scientist Intern2018
- Physics of Medical Imaging at the KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Research Intern2016
Skills & more
Mathematics11Commercial InsuranceEntrepreneurship6Data Privacy1Natural Language Processing4Machine Learning1Artificial Intelligence (AI)Physics1Angel InvestingInsurance Broker WorkflowsPython7Problem Solving6
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PyTorchAmazon Web Services (AWS)Languages Deutsch · English · Svenska
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ulme Wennberg?
- Ulme Wennberg is CTO at Vantel with a background in software engineering at Microsoft and NLP research, including work on information extraction and conversational AI systems. He studied Engineering Physics and Business at KTH and SSE in Sweden, completed graduate studies at the University of Washington, and has founded multiple startups.
- Where does Ulme Wennberg work?
- Ulme Wennberg is Founder of Vantel.
- What companies did Ulme Wennberg found?
- Ulme Wennberg founded Vantel.
- Where did Ulme Wennberg go to school?
- Ulme Wennberg studied at Y Combinator; KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence); University of Cambridge (Research Summer School, Machine Learning).
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Shared employers
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