Tobias Gessler

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DISC Type : ci

Co-Founder at Alzonova (YC X25)

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Tobias is the Co-Founder of Alzonova, a Y Combinator-backed startup building AI automation tools. He holds a Master of Science from the University of Oxford and has prior experience as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) working on Amazon Q.

He has a strong interest in competitive technology challenges, demonstrated by winning first place in both the IGNITE Hackathon and a global IEEE competition. His academic research at Oxford focused on multi-agent reinforcement learning and zero-shot coordination.

Unique fact: He won an IEEE international cup for his work on synthetic image detection using an ensemble of fine-tuned Vision Transformers.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Curious

Assertive

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

AI Automation
As the Co-Founder of Alzonova, he is building AI-powered automation to "supercharge" teams, backed by Y Combinator.
Reinforcement Learning
Conducted research at the University of Oxford's AI Research lab focusing on zero-shot coordination for multi-agent reinforcement learning.
Synthetic Image Detection
Won first place in an IEEE competition for creating a highly accurate synthetic image detection model using Vision Transformers.

Media Appearances

Tobias has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2025
Co-Founder at Alzonova (YC X25)
11-2024 - 3-2025
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
3-2024 - 11-2024
AI Research at University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science
11-2023 - 4-2024
Cohort Fellow at OX1 Incubator
4-2021 - 8-2023
Working Student DI SY R&D - Software Engineer at Siemens Healthineers

Education

9-2023 - 9-2024
Master of Science - MS from University of Oxford
3-2025 - 6-2025
X25 from Y Combinator

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Insights For Selling To Tobias

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘clear proof that’, ‘data shows’ etc.
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tobias is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tobias

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tobias move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Tobias take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Tobias

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