# Max Mergenthaler Canseco

> Max Mergenthaler Canseco is Nixtla’s co-founder and CEO, a philosophy-trained researcher and self-taught programmer whose work spans decision research, earlier startups and time-series forecasting. He co-authored TimeGPT-1 and research on the Nixtlaverse, and has published cultural essays on philosophy, poetry and artificial intelligence.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Nixtla
- **Organizations:** Nixtla, Levo, Orax, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Freie Universität Berlin
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin, Master of Arts, Analytical Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin, Graduate studies in Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Science; degree completion unverified, University of California, San Diego, Diplomado in Corporate Finance, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Entrepreneurship Specialization, The Wharton School
- **Known for:** Co-founder and CEO of Nixtla., Co-author of TimeGPT-1, originally submitted in October 2023., Co-author of HierarchicalForecast research.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Published an essay on Alan Turing in Cultura Nexos.
- **2015** — Published an essay on Richard Rorty.
- **2016** — Published essays on William Blake and AlphaGo’s defeat of Lee Sedol.
- **2018** — Co-authored a Psychological Bulletin meta-analysis with Dirk U. Wulff and Ralph Hertwig.
- **2020** — Co-founded Levo; served as CTO.
- **2021** — Became Nixtla co-founder and CEO; Levo participated in Y Combinator Summer 2021.
- **2022** — Co-authored HierarchicalForecast research; Nixtla selected for Google’s Latino Founders Fund.
- **2023** — Co-authored the original TimeGPT-1 preprint with Azul Garza.
- **2025** — Featured as an ISF keynote speaker and interviewed on Impact AI.
- **2026** — Nixtla announced a $16 million Series A led by Energize Capital; co-authored The Nixtlaverse preprint.

## Achievements

- Co-founder and CEO of Nixtla.
- Co-author of TimeGPT-1, originally submitted in October 2023.
- Co-author of HierarchicalForecast research.
- Co-author of a 2018 meta-analysis on the description-experience gap in Psychological Bulletin.
- Co-maintainer of open-source Python forecasting libraries.
- ISF 2025 keynote speaker.
- Led Nixtla through its February 2026 $16 million Series A.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Co-authored The Nixtlaverse: An Open-Source Ecosystem for Forecasting, submitted September 30.
- **2026-07** — Energize published remarks from his June Industrial AI panel in Chicago on customer trust and adoption.
- **2026-02** — Energize Capital led Nixtla’s $16 million Series A with participation from GreatPoint Ventures and True Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://www.nixtla.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mergenthaler/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/MergenthalerMax
- GitHub: https://github.com/mergenthaler

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Last updated: 2026-10-12