Kejvi.
Co-Founder · CTO · AI/ML Leader

Building AI-native
materials
intelligence.

I'm Kejvi Peti — an AI/ML leader with seven years of experience shipping production systems and advising executives. Now applying that operator instinct as Co-Founder/CTO at True North Materials Innovations.

Based in Toronto, CA
CurrentlyBuilding TNMI
StatusOpen to talk
Crystalline minerals and metallic ingots representing critical minerals intelligence
Machine Learning✦Computer Vision✦Deep Learning✦On-Device AI✦Edge Inference✦Data Engineering✦MLOps✦Python✦Swift / iOS✦PyTorch✦TensorFlow✦Core ML✦AWS✦Critical Minerals✦Quantum Computing✦Technical Strategy✦Team Leadership✦0 → 1 Products✦
Machine Learning✦Computer Vision✦Deep Learning✦On-Device AI✦Edge Inference✦Data Engineering✦MLOps✦Python✦Swift / iOS✦PyTorch✦TensorFlow✦Core ML✦AWS✦Critical Minerals✦Quantum Computing✦Technical Strategy✦Team Leadership✦0 → 1 Products✦
/ 01 — Numbers
7+
Years shipping Apps & ML
3,000×
Pipeline speedup
$3M
Vendor contract retired
$10B
TAM at TNMI
/ 02 — Selected Work

From research labs to production.

2026 —

True North Materials Innovations

Co-founder / CTO · Toronto
  • —Co-founded a B2B deep-tech startup focused on AI-driven optimization of the critical minerals lifecycle ($10B TAM).
  • —Secured 3 Letters of Intent with industry partners, validating early commercial demand.
  • —Selected for Google for Startups, VentureLAB, and Arise after competitive technical and business audits.
2024 —

Anheuser-Busch (AB InBev)

Staff ML Engineer · Toronto
  • —Primary technical advisor to the VP and CTO; drove a 6-month organizational pivot toward internalized AI infrastructure.
  • —Led ML platform insourcing — decommissioned a ~$3M external vendor contract.
  • —Re-architected a >60-min cloud pipeline into a 1.2s on-device system: ~3,000× speedup, real-time inference.
2023 — 2024

Nanoleaf

Sr. Software Engineer · Toronto
  • —Built ML-enabled product features showcased at CES 2024 (100K+ attendees).
2022 — 2023

Avenue Code

Sr. Software Engineer · Toronto
  • —Delivered high-performance iOS apps used by 50k+ daily users.
/ 03 — Beyond Work

Education & credentials

MSc. Artificial Intelligence
Leeds, UK · 2024–2026 · First-class honours
Bachelor of Informatics
Tirana, Albania · 2015–2019
Certifications
AI (University of Toronto) · Quantum Computing (Qiskit)
Awards
1st place — GMCA 2026 FIFA World Cup Case Competition (UTSC)

Off-screen

Board Member at Albanian Youth, volunteer at The 519 (2SLGBTQ+ community centre), and STEM instructor at Sigma Camp.

Speak English fluently, native Albanian, plus basic Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and French.

Red-belt in Taekwondo, swimmer, gym enthusiast, self-taught guitarist, and a TikTok micro-influencer when the camera's rolling.

/ 04 — Let's talk

Have an idea
worth building?

Email
hello@kejvipeti.com
LinkedIn
in/kejvipeti