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Valentin Sulzer

Founder

CEO at Ionworks

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

FoundedIonworks · YC

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About

Valentin Sulzer holds a PhD in mathematics from Oxford and completed four years of engineering research at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon. He developed PyBaMM, an open-source battery simulation software, and is now building Ionworks to make such tools more widely available to battery engineers.

CEO at IonworksYC S24

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Valentin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — 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, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ionworks's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Co-founders at Ionworks

RTRob Timms
Rob TimmsFounder
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Weilong Ai
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Sam Cooper
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Alec BillsFounder
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Anya KuznetsovaFounder
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Brady PlandenFounder
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Leonard LiFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Valentin Sulzer?
Valentin Sulzer holds a PhD in mathematics from Oxford and completed four years of engineering research at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon. He developed PyBaMM, an open-source battery simulation software, and is now building Ionworks to make such tools more widely available to battery engineers.
Where does Valentin Sulzer work?
Valentin Sulzer is CEO of Ionworks.
What companies did Valentin Sulzer found?
Valentin Sulzer founded Ionworks.

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