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David Mlcoch

founder & ceo @ asteroid (YC W25) - redefining work through browser AI automation

United Kingdom

Overview 

David Mlcoch is the Founder and CEO of Asteroid (YC W25), a company focused on redefining work through browser AI automation. With a Master's degree with Distinction from The University of Edinburgh and a background in Electrical Engineering, David has built a successful career that includes founding Trident AI and working as a Machine Learning Engineer at SpaceKnow Inc. Highlights of David's career include founding multiple successful ventures, such as Trident AI, and leading Asteroid to be recognized by Y Combinator (YC W25) for its innovative approach to AI automation in the workplace.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    2024 - Current

    Mission critical browser AI agents - http://asteroid.ai/ Closing the gap between the fancy AI demos and real world entreprise deployments.

  • Founder (W24-defensive/acceleration)

    2024 - 2024

    Entrepreneur First is the world’s leading talent investor, backed by top founders including Patrick and John Collison, Reid Hoffman, or Tom Blomfield. EF brings together people with extraordinary futures to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from top global investors. The startups cofounded in EF programs are now worth over $10B. I'm part of the defensive acceleration program: https://www.joinef.com/posts/introducing-def-acc-at-ef/

  • Co-Founder and CTO

    2024 - 2024

    At Trident we build AI agents to fight scams and fraud.

  • Machine Learning Engineer

    2022 - 2023

    As a member of the research defense team, I developed and applied state-of-the-art computer vision and time-series modelling algorithms on near-real-time satellite radar and camera images. Applications ranged from economic nowcasting, climate change monitoring to defense & intelligence.

  • Lecturer

    2022 - 2023

    Popularizing and teaching Artificial Intelligence.

  • Course Instructor

    2021 - 2022

    Elements of AI instructor

  • Galileo Services Intern

    2021 - 2021

    Created a near real-time satellite status alert system. Implemented parts of a satellite performance monitoring service and supported the Galileo service engineering activities and monitoring of the satellites performance.

  • Automation Intern

    2020 - 2021

    Automated complex finance and accounting processes.

IQVIA provides analytics, compliance, and management solutions to the life sciences industry.

Raised $1,500,000,000.00 from TPG, CPP Investment Board Europe and Bain Capital.

  • Research Intern

    2019 - 2021

    Intelligent Data Analysis Lab - Created optimization models for real time sport betting.

  • Contract Software Developer

    2018 - 2019

    Created web applications for the database management and reporting to the Czech National Bank for the ING Bank finance department. Developed a central data warehouse support program for Československá obchodní banka, a.s.

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