Mikko Lehtimäki - Co-founder, Applied AI Engineer

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Mikko Lehtimäki

Co-founder, Applied AI Engineer

Mikko is an AI scientist and full-stack software engineer with extensive industry and academic experience. He has built AI solutions from autonomous robotics to generative AI SaaS products.

Introduction

PhD

Mikko is an AI scientist and full-stack software engineer with extensive industry and academic experience. He has built AI solutions from autonomous robotics to generative AI SaaS products in fields such as circular economy, media, health care and B2B analytics.

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Mikko has contributed to the leading open-source LLM tools such as LlamaIndex and Guardrails AI as well as advised several AI-native startups. His PhD focused on deep learning and neuroscience to enable whole-brain simulations and novel brain-inspired algorithms for AI.

AI Research

Applied AI

Full-Stack

Some of my articles

Why AI isn’t a Ship-and-forget Project

AI projects aren’t one-time deliveries — they need continuous improvement to stay relevant and drive ROI.

Data Science on Azure with Metaflow

Reducing infrastructure friction for data science teams on Azure

Metaflow in Practice

Making data science workflows reproducible, collaborative, and cloud-ready

Team

Our Team

Meet the innovators driving AI transformation at Softlandia

Mikko Lehtimäki

Co-founder, Applied AI Engineer

Ilmo Lounasmaa

Co-Founder, CEO

Henrik Nyman

Co-Founder, Senior Software Architect

Ada Hieta

Applied AI Engineer

Antti Ohtonen

Partner, Senior Software Architect

Esa Määttä

Partner, Senior Software Architect

Jarmo Niemi

Applied AI Engineer

Joonas Makkonen

Advisor, Partner

Luke Otwell

Applied AI Engineer

Matti Ryttyläinen

Partner, Senior Software Architect

Teemu Kumpumäki

Applied AI Engineer

Toni Rajamäki

Applied AI Engineer

Olli-Pekka Heinisuo

Founder, Senior Software Architect

Jaakko (Jack) Timonen

Advisor, Partner