# Josep Mingot

> Josep Mingot is the Spanish co-founder and Co-CEO of Prosper AI, a New York company developing AI voice agents for administrative work. He studied mathematics and telecommunications engineering at UPC, worked in computer vision at MIT, co-founded Arcvi and held product leadership roles at CoverWallet and Aon. Prosper AI joined Y Combinator in Summer 2023 and announced a $30 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in June 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-CEO at Prosper AI
- **Organizations:** Prosper AI, CoverWallet, Aon, Arcvi, MIT CSAIL
- **From:** Lleida, Spain
- **Nationality:** Spanish
- **Education:** Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (CFIS), Telecommunications Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (CFIS), Final degree project and computer vision research; no MIT degree verified, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL
- **Known for:** Medalist in the 2007 Spanish Mathematics and Physics Olympiads., Contributor to DetectMe, an iOS object-detection application developed at MIT., Product leadership at CoverWallet through its acquisition by Aon.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Won medals in the Spanish Mathematics and Physics Olympiads and began CFIS studies.
- **2011** — Completed the mathematics degree at UPC.
- **2013** — Completed telecommunications engineering and developed the DetectMe final degree project at MIT.
- **2014** — Co-founded machine learning consultancy Arcvi after returning to Barcelona.
- **2016** — Served as a HackUPC judge, listed as an Arcvi co-founder and data scientist.
- **2017** — Joined CoverWallet in product management.
- **2020** — Continued in product leadership at Aon after its acquisition of CoverWallet.
- **2023-04** — Co-founded Prosper AI with Xavier de Gracia; company joined YC Summer 2023.
- **2025-09** — Prosper AI announced $5 million in funding led by Emergence Capital.
- **2026-06** — Prosper AI announced a $30 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.

## Achievements

- Medalist in the 2007 Spanish Mathematics and Physics Olympiads.
- Contributor to DetectMe, an iOS object-detection application developed at MIT.
- Product leadership at CoverWallet through its acquisition by Aon.
- Co-founded Prosper AI, a Y Combinator Summer 2023 company.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Prosper AI announced a $30 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Base10 and existing investors participating.
- **2026-06** — CFIS reported that Mingot had spoken at its company forum and named four fellow CFIS alumni working at Prosper AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.getprosper.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mingot
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jm_mingot

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Last updated: 2026-10-25