Jan Carbonell
2x Founder | Engineer | MLH Top 50 Hackers 2025 | Building something new
jan-carbonell
San Francisco, California
Joined January 2025
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Jan Carbonell is a serial entrepreneur with a strong focus on democratizing access to Artificial Intelligence and fostering talent in the tech industry. He co-founded Akademy.ai, an AI coding bootcamp that was later acquired by Strive School, and currently serves as Co-Founder & CTO at Dafdef, while also being Chairman & Co-founder of Saturdays.AI, an initiative that has helped thousands learn AI. substack+1
He is a highly skilled engineer and product leader, with experience as a Product Engineer at SciPhi and Machine Learning Engineer at krea.ai and The Motley Fool. His technical expertise spans web development (TypeScript) and LLMs (Python), and he emphasizes building in the right direction and focusing on solving problems with LLMs. substack+2
Jan is deeply involved in the hackathon community, having learned to code at an MLH hackathon himself and later organizing numerous LLM-focused hackathons, including the world's largest OSS hackathon. His efforts have led to significant sponsorships and prize distributions, and he has inspired and facilitated the launch of successful ventures by hackathon participants. mlh
Academically, Jan holds a BSc and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a dual Master of Science degree in Connective Media from Cornell University and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, supported by a La Caixa Scholarship. fundacionlacaixa+1
Beyond his professional and academic achievements, Jan is committed to making a positive impact, demonstrated by his involvement in projects like The Open Ventilator for Covid-19 patients and his personal blog where he shares insights on AI, entrepreneurship, and high performance. fundacionlacaixa+1
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I'm back! What to expect from this Blog.
September 1, 2023A personal update on his career, life experiences (marriage, half-ironman, skydiving), and academic pursuits at Cornell Tech, outlining his goals for writing about AI, entrepreneurship, and high performance.
My farewell as Akademy.AI CEO
November 1, 2020Reflects on the mission and achievements of Akademy.AI, including launching successful bootcamps and a corporate data science course, and announces the acquisition of Akademy.AI by Strive School.
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JCJan Carbonell
is one of the best founding engineering or product leaders they've worked with in generative AI.May 11, 2026
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