Bernard Aceituno

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States10 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-Founder of an AI startup backed by Y Combinator.
  • Expert in machine learning and robotics with extensive research experience.
  • Led successful mobile payment solutions in Latin America.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and Robotics with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningProject ManagementRobotics

Other Skills

TeamworkComputer VisionStatistical ModelingCorporate FinanceMatlabC++Python (Programming Language)Public SpeakingConvex OptimizationNonlinear OptimizationCombinatorial OptimizationROSContact MechanicsOptimizationEnglish

Experience

Startups

Angel Investor

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I occasionally invest and advise tech startups with a focus on AI and Enterprise tech. Some of my investments include: Sphinx AI (YC F24), Karumi (YC F25), Zumma Financial, and Bubbl.

Stackai

Co-Founder & President

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • The platform to deploy Enterprise-Grade AI Agents. Backed by Lobby Capital, Gradient, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Epakon Capital, and stellar angels.
TeamworkRoboticsMachine LearningProject ManagementComputer VisionStatistical Modeling+10

Meta

AI Research Scientist

May 2020Mar 2021 · 10 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Designed a reinforcement learning framework to learn 2D manipulation skills from videos.
  • Our approach used transformers for video encoding with differentiable physics for policy learning.
Machine LearningRobotics

Massachusetts institute of technology

Researcher

Aug 2018Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Greater Boston Area

  • Developed a computational theory of robustness and certification for 2D manipulation tasks in the frictionless plane.
  • Designed a machine learning framework that integrates transformers with model-based mechanics to explain the physics in dexterous manipulation problems.
  • Proposed a global model of quasi-dynamics for contact-trajectory optimization and applied it to solving long-horizon manipulation tasks.
Machine LearningRoboticsStatistical Modeling

Grupo aktio

Co-Founder

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Caracas, Federal District, Venezuela

  • Provided mobile payments for SMBs in Latin America.
  • Led a B2B sales team of 20+ employees for a mobile payments and crypto-currency POS app in South America. Our product reached 5000+ active users, while managing a team of 200+ contractors.
TeamworkProject ManagementRobotics

Istituto italiano di tecnologia

AI Research Scientist

May 2017Sep 2017 · 4 mos · Genoa Area, Italy

  • Designed a quasi-dynamic trajectory optimization algorithm for a quadruped robot with Mixed-Integer Convex Optimization.
  • Validated our framework with experiments on Hydraulic Quadruped Robot (HyQ), demonstrating the advantages of our planning and control scheme.
RoboticsOptimization

Universidad simón bolívar

2 roles

Research Assistant

Promoted

Oct 2016Apr 2017 · 6 mos

  • • Developed a global path planning algorithm for multi-legged robots based on Mixed-Integer Programming and Convex Optimization (Second-Order Cone Programming).
RoboticsOptimization

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2014Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2020Jan 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Master of Science (SM) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2018Jan 2020

MIT Sloan School of Management

Minor on Business and Administration

Sep 2020May 2022

Universidad Simón Bolívar

Bachelor of Science — Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2018

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