RunLocal AI

RunLocal AI

The AI agent for model deployment, inference optimization and…

London, United Kingdom
3 employees
AI
Pre-seed · $500K

About RunLocal AI

RunLocal’s AI agent is specialized in inference optimization and hardware acceleration for platforms like Nvidia Orin/Thor and Qualcomm.

Under the hood, our agentic environment facilitates reliable hardware-in-the-loop experimentation and continuous learning.

It tracks every experiment and continuously refines experimentation data into an understanding of what drives performance on your target hardware.

This environment means that a generic coding agent (e.g. Codex or Claude Code) can experiment and iterate better, faster and cheaper.

With RunLocal, you hit performance targets faster and ship more optimized models – without hiring inference optimization specialists.

We’re working with leaders in autonomous vehicles and robotics. We're backed by investors like Y Combinator and 468 Capital.

Company details

Team Size3
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator
468 Capital

Founders

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Ciarán O'Rourke

Ismail Salim

Ismail Salim

Previously worked on the first edge AI video codec at Deep Render and AR/VR apps at Meta. Holds an MSc in Computer Science from Imperial College London.

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Ivan Chan

CTO of Neuralize. Previously a software engineer at Marshall Wace (Europe's largest hedge fund) building an internal AI platform for developers and optimizing low latency streaming systems.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.