Aldo Lipani

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Co-Founder, CAIO & CTO at Eloquent AI

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Dr. Aldo Lipani is an Associate Professor of Machine Learning at UCL and the Founder, CAIO & CTO of Eloquent AI, a YC-backed startup. He specializes in Large Language Models and Conversational AI, bridging advanced academic research with real-world applications in the financial services industry, where his company has won multiple awards for innovation.

Dr. Lipani balances his entrepreneurial ventures with a distinguished academic career that includes a PhD from TU Wien and research at Microsoft and NIST. An Italian native, he finds deep personal meaning in the recognition his work receives in his home country, highlighting a connection to his European roots amidst his global career.

His technical insights into controlling AIs stochastic nature became the foundational technology for his startup, Eloquent AI.

Personality Overview

Cautious & Analytical

Price-Sensitive

Value Seeker

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

AI in Finance
His startup, Eloquent AI, develops AI operators specifically for regulated financial services and recently won the Money20/20 Award for Novel Technologies.
Conversational AI
His research group at UCL focuses on Conversational AI, and his work explores how to build more intelligent and interactive systems.
AI Startups
As the founder of Eloquent AI, he has successfully navigated Y Combinator and the AWS Generative AI Accelerator, securing a $7. 4M seed round.

Media Appearances

Aldo has no verified media appearances

Work History

2025
Co-Founder, CAIO & CTO at Eloquent AI
10-2023
Prof. (Assoc.) in Machine Learning at UCL
8-2020 - 7-2022
Senior Machine Learning Researcher at Vector.ai
9-2019 - 9-2023
Prof. (Asst.) in Machine Learning at UCL
6-2019 - 5-2020
Visiting Scientist at Bloomberg LP

Education

2014 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from Technische Universität Wien
X25 from Y Combinator

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Insights For Selling To Aldo

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin in hand as they will likely negotiate the pricing
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Back up any claims with data and numbers

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Aldo is

  • Confidence that the product provides ROI, effective pricing and process adherence matter the most to them.

  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Aldo

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Aldo move?

  • They can move at a reasonable pace while making their decisions if they have the necessary information.

  • Can Aldo take some risk or not?

  • They can take some risk if they are confident that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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