Summary
Laurier Mantel is a product-focused technologist and co-founder with 11 years of experience blending machine learning, product management, and software engineering across startups and large tech companies. After engineering internships at Shopify, Apple, and Wish and an ML product internship at Zillow, they scaled product initiatives at Perpetua before co-founding cobrand to explore intersections of tech, media, and human+artificial intelligence. Trained in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo with an exchange at Lund University, Laurier brings a systems-thinking approach to building user-centered ML products. Known for a creative streak (the guitar emoji-worthy Github bio hints at a creative sensibility), they pair hands-on technical chops with product strategy to turn complex ML features into measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Semester Engineering, Exchange Semester Engineering at Lund University
BASc - Honours with Distinction Systems Design Engineering, BASc - Honours with Distinction Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, French