# Michal Mgeladze-Arciuch

> Michal Mgeladze-Arciuch is co-founder and CEO of Yoneda Labs, a San Francisco company combining AI, software and laboratory automation to optimize chemical reactions. A Cambridge computer science alumnus with experience at Jane Street and UC Berkeley, he oversees AI development and commercial strategy. His earlier work included co-leading Binson Bots, a Cambridge society introducing students and children to programming through robotics.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Yoneda Labs
- **Organizations:** Yoneda Labs, Jane Street, University of California, Berkeley, Binson Bots, Cambridge Blockchain Society
- **Nationality:** Polish
- **Education:** University of Cambridge, III Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Marynarki Wojennej RP, Gdynia
- **Known for:** Co-founded Yoneda Labs, a Y Combinator Winter 2024 company., Co-led Binson Bots across the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years., Named among the 2020 Matura na 100 procent laureates.

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Attended Canada/USA Mathcamp, an experience he later highlighted in a student profile.
- **2020** — Featured among Matura na 100 procent laureates; planned to study Computer Science at Cambridge.
- **2020-2023** — Studied at the University of Cambridge and co-led Binson Bots.
- **2021-2022** — Tech Officer at Cambridge Blockchain Society, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- **—** — Before Yoneda, worked on machine-learning algorithms at Jane Street and on large-model interpretability at UC Berkeley.
- **2023** — Co-founded Yoneda Labs with Jan Oboril and Daniel Vlasits.
- **2024** — Yoneda participated in Y Combinator Winter 2024 and announced a $4 million seed round in April.
- **2025** — Yoneda announced reaction-optimization collaboration results with Symeres on May 29.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Yoneda Labs, a Y Combinator Winter 2024 company.
- Co-led Binson Bots across the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years.
- Named among the 2020 Matura na 100 procent laureates.
- Led Yoneda as it announced a $4 million seed round in April 2024.
- Yoneda’s May 2025 Symeres collaboration reported reaction yields increasing from approximately 30% to above 90%, with four conditions achieving above-90% in situ yields.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Yoneda announced a collaboration with Symeres reporting reaction yields rising from approximately 30% to over 90%; Michal commented on faster navigation of reaction conditions.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-mgeladze-arciuch

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