About Melvin Tercan

Working from a Silicon Valley garage

I’m Melvin Tercan, a startup engineer and serial founder originally from the Netherlands, now based in California. Currently, I serve as the Head of Engineering at Octagon AI, backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund, where I lead the development of agentic AI systems for investment research.

I've been the founding engineer of 5 VC-backed companies, which collectively have raised more than $400 million dollars. My journey has taken me from building award-winning fintech products in the Netherlands to growing and leading 100+ engineering teams in Silicon Valley at companies like Wag.

In case you want to connect, I’m always happy to chat about building startups, growing engineering teams, or designing agentic AI!

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