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Mantis

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Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Mantis is a digital twin company that combines LLMs with high-fidelity physics simulations in order to convert rare and difficult-to-access human behavior data into predictive models.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Mantis Biotechnology

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Georgia Witchel

Founder/CEO

I'm an Ex-elite ice climber turned repeat computer science / biomedical founder. After bringing climbing to an Olympic stage (Lilihammer 2016), breaking 8 world records, and developing the sport of ice climbing, I dropped out of high school, got a degree in CS from Harvey Mudd, was a founding engineer for a sports tech company, founded a YC company (Louiza Labs), and earned a master's in Bioengineering.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2025 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedNew York City, NY, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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