Tony Montes is a founder and CTO building the operating system for commercial lending at Zolvo, bringing five years of focused experience in AI-driven finance and data engineering. He has led product and engineering efforts from research labs to startups, including founding AI engineering roles and leading AI-automated analytics products on GCP. With a strong academic foundation from Universidad de los Andes and stints at Cornell and Y Combinator, he blends research-grade NLP and IP-focused projects with hands-on full-stack and cloud deployment experience. Tony’s background as a researcher and educator in NLP and software development gives him a rare combination of rigorous modeling expertise and practical delivery muscle for real-world lender workflows.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
P26, P26 at Y Combinator
Academic Research Program, Academic Research Program at Cornell University
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