Elia Saquand

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States2 yrs 1 mo experience
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Key Highlights

  • Co-Founder of a Y Combinator startup.
  • Developed advanced machine learning models at Sony AI.
  • Enhanced protein structure prediction for DeepMind's AlphaFold.
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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningPython (programming Language)

Other Skills

PhysicsTensorFlowProgrammingDockerHaikuJavaDatabasesReact.jsWeb Development

Experience

2 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
8 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Vibeflow (yc s25)

Co-Founder

Jul 2025Present · 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Entrepreneurs first

Founder in Residence

Sep 2024Dec 2024 · 3 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France · On-site

Sonyai

Research Scientist

Nov 2023May 2024 · 6 mos · Zurich, Switzerland · On-site

  • Developed machine learning models to predict object motion parameters (e.g., velocity, position, and rotation) for use in a high-speed perception system.
  • Led data collection, processing, and feature engineering for real-world sensor inputs, enabling robust model training and evaluation.
Python (Programming Language)Machine LearningPhysics

Instadeep ltd

R&D - Deep Learning for Protein Design

Mar 2022Sep 2022 · 6 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France · On-site

  • Enhanced DeepMind's AlphaFold employing knowledge distillation, hint-based training, and ablations studies
  • Innovated protein structure prediction using protein language model (ESM-2) embeddings, NeurIPS'22 (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.15.511553v1.full.pdf)
  • Accelerated AlphaFold's training speed by 10 times, while maintaining 95% of its performance
Python (Programming Language)TensorFlowProgrammingMachine LearningDockerHaiku

Eth zürich

2 roles

Teaching Assistant - Computer Networks

Feb 2021Jul 2021 · 5 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

  • Reviewed and corrected exercises sessions in Computer Networks
  • Assisted teachers during the lectures and answered student's questions

Teaching Assistant - Systems Programming and Computer Architecture

Sep 2020Jan 2021 · 4 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

  • Conducted weekly exercise sessions in Systems Programming and Computer Architecture and assisted during lectures.

Global id sa - epfl innovation park

Developer and Researcher Intern

May 2020Jul 2020 · 2 mos · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

  • Global ID is a tech startup in EPFL Innovation Park, working in Biometry (Vein Based Authentification).
  • Optimized the recognition algorithm to further increase authentication speed, to instantly compare a captured image with billions of images simultaneously.
  • Worked in collaboration with the Laboratory of Security and Cryptography (Lasec), under the supervision of Serge Vaudenay.
Python (Programming Language)

Lauzhack

Web Developer & Co-Founder - Quome

Apr 2020May 2020 · 1 mo · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

  • LauzHack is EPFL's first student-organized hackathon.
  • Developed a React Application during the COVID Pandemic, aiming to provide academic support in -Mathematics to high school students.
  • Collaborated with 4 students, 3 professors, and one full-time developer to successfully launch the app.
  • Winner of the LauzHack against COVID-19.

Chalmers teknologkonsulter ab

Junior Information Technology Consultant

Mar 2020Oct 2020 · 7 mos · Sweden

Epfl (école polytechnique fédérale de lausanne)

Cafeteria - Sales Associate

Sep 2017Jan 2018 · 4 mos · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

  • Provided excellent customer service while executing quick transactions with accuracy
  • in a stressful and fast-paced environment

Education

Stanford University

Visiting Student Researcher — Biomedical Informatics

Nov 2022May 2023

ETH Zürich

Master of Science - MS — Data Science

Sep 2020May 2023

Chalmers University of Technology

Exchange year — Computer Science

Jan 2019Jan 2020

EPFL

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science-Communication System

Jan 2017Jan 2020

Lycée Pasteur

High School

Jan 2013Jan 2016

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