Summary
Egor Folley is an entrepreneurial technologist based in Detroit with eight years of experience building AI-powered hardware and software for industrial applications. As Entrepreneur in Residence at Global Detroit and former founder of ARTIAL, he led autonomous drone inspection initiatives that use AI to operate in dense indoor and complex outdoor environments. He is currently exploring stealth AI startup ideas—autonomous agent platforms and RAG-driven construction tech—showing a knack for rapid iteration across domains. His background spans nanoscience and computer vision research at IBEC, team leadership in 3D web engine development at Webgears, and ML-driven SaaS with cloud-scale pipelines. An alumnus of Techstars and holder of master's degrees in Nanotechnology and Smart-Nano-Bio-Devices, he thrives at the intersection of academia, startups, and enterprise digital transformation.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, 3.8/4.0, Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, 3.8/4.0 at Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University)
Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences, Smart-Nano-Bio-Devices, Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences, Smart-Nano-Bio-Devices at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Course, How to build a startup, Course, How to build a startup at Startup School Online
Master's degree, Nanotechnology, Master's degree, Nanotechnology at Universitat de Barcelona
English, Spanish, French, Russian