ML
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Maya Lindqvist
AI · Stockholm
ML engineer (ex-Spotify) looking for a commercial cofounder in applied AI.
Eight years shipping ML systems at scale. Looking for a commercial partner to build applied AI for retail.
“I want to build with someone who loves the customer problem as much as I love the model metrics.”
What they’re looking for
Target role
CEO / commercial cofounder
Commitment
Full-time from Sep 2026
Equity
50/50 or close
Location
Stockholm or remote EU
Skills
Machine LearningPythonRecsys
Background
ML Lead
Spotify
2021–2026
Led 7-person recsys team; home-feed ranking for 200M users.
Senior ML Engineer
Klarna
2018–2021
Fraud-detection models; cut false positives 34%.
Data Scientist
iZettle
2016–2018
Merchant credit-risk scoring, acquired by PayPal.
Cofounder & CTO
Tunelist (first startup)
2014–2016
Music-recs app; 40k MAU, wound down when licensing costs outran revenue.
Education
MSc Machine Learning
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2016
BSc Computer Science
Uppsala University
2014
Sectors they want to build in
Applied AIB2B SaaSClimate tech
What they can invest
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SwedishEnglishGerman
References
“Maya led the ranking team through our hardest scaling year — technical depth plus real product taste.”
Former director, Spotify
“She derisked the fraud models we all depended on. I would cofound with her tomorrow.”
Ex-manager, Klarna
At a glance
ex-Spotify
team
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12 models
shipped
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8 yrs
experience
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What's verified
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Employment historyVerified
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