Nik is co-founder and COO of Cortile, an AI intelligence layer that helps security teams get through vendor security reviews faster by reading documentation and running tests to verify the evidence behind the controls they're checking for. He came to NYU for undergrad at Gallatin, where he built his own concentration in art history and culture, then returned for a master's in Management & Systems. Before Cortile, he co-founded and served as COO of a managed security service provider that helped startups and small businesses build their security programs. Read more about Nik and Cortile.

Yannick is the founder of Binder, an AI agent for commercial insurance brokers that researches prospects so brokers can land more clients and close more deals. He grew up in the Netherlands and moved to New York to keep building companies; before Binder, he founded Urban Journalist and Inside Membership, two platforms connecting people to each other and their communities, both still running today in Amsterdam. A three-time founder, Yannick came to NYU to keep going, and it was his first venture at the Institute that got him hooked on customer discovery. Read more about Yannick and Binder.

Ali is co-founder of Sail, AI-powered customs compliance software that helps enterprise trade compliance teams catch costly classification errors before they turn into audits. Before his MBA, he worked on supply chain projects at Walmart and in sales strategy at Salesforce. He got involved with the Leslie eLab early in his time at NYU's Stern part-time MBA program, where he met his co-founders. Read more about Ali and Sail.