Builder at the intersection of AI, product, and growth. I ship things fast, learn faster, and love going from zero to one. Looking to go all in on my next early-stage challenge — founder mode only.
- 🧠 Founding Solution Eng @ Southwind AI — Improved Whispers, an API that auto-generates structured reports from raw data. GTM strategy, sales playbook, first customers. NVIDIA Inception Program. Google for Startups
- ⚙️ Founding Solution Eng @ Delvo (enterprise procurement AI) — designed and deployed AI agents that cut lead research from days to hours. Live product-usage Posthog dashboards, ROI calculator.
- 🤖 Creator of Stella AI — AI-powered social agent assistant with an emotional system. Architecture + small dev team.
- ⚡ Ex Tesla Berlin (TPM Intern) — Did 0->1 Cybertruck Range Extender Battery Product
- 🏆 IEEE Best Paper Award — Awarded for best short paper from most prestigious scientific commitee worldwide. Cloud disaster recovery research at University of California Davis
- 🎓 B.sc. & M.Sc. Automation Engineering @ Politecnico di Milano (#1 university in Italy)
- 🛠️ Serial side-quester — From BDR cold outreach to founding RE Intelligence (real estate data app for the Milan market), I've worn every hat a startup needs
AI & Dev Tools
Claude Code · Cursor · PostHog · Loom · Telegram Bots
Cloud & Infra
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ignaziomariacastrignano
- Email: ignazio.maria.castrignano@gmail.com
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🇮🇹 Italian · 🇬🇧 English · 🇪🇸 Spanish · 🇩🇪 German (learning) Fun fact: Authored a young adult novel with over 500 copies sold!