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Alexander Appelbe

Alexander Appelbe

Product • Growth • Leadership; founder of manufacturing AI startup

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London, England, United Kingdom
Joined March 2025

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Founder and product leader who built an applied‑AI company for manufacturing: Alex co‑founded Metis Labs in 2017 to apply machine‑learning to complex industrial processes, running pilots with multinational manufacturers, raising seed capital, and ultimately integrating Metis Labs into Ascalia in 2024. medium+2
Deep manufacturing domain experience and corporate innovation background: he spent ~10 years at GKN across lean, production supervision, product and programme management and founded the GKN 10x accelerator to surface internal innovation—experience he translated into founding Metis Labs. org+1
Product‑oriented, technically trained leader: holds an MEng (University of Bristol) and an MPhil (University of Cambridge IfM) and combines engineering training with product and growth responsibilities, focusing on bringing AI/ML into production environments. linkedin
Public thinker and writer on product and AI: maintains an active presence on Medium and X (pelby), sharing curated reading lists, product essays and commentary on AI and technology. medium+1

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Writing and curating on product, startups, AI and technology (Medium and X). medium+1