# Axelrod

[Axelrod on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/axelrod)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://axelrodlabs.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axelrod)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/axelrod-labs/)

## About

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## YC company profile

Hotels that run themselves

Autonomous software for hotels that takes over all front-of-house and back-of-house tasks with zero integrations, running operations better than your staff would. Axelrod is trusted by Michelin Key awarded and Marriott hotels and is live across 3 continents.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Travel, AI
- **YC partner:** Brad Flora

## Founders

### Adrian Lucas Tariel Stoica — Founder

Founder at Axelrod (YC S26). Previously research on AI Awareness. Co-produced records totaling 40M+ streams at Sony Music.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stoicaadrian/) · [X](https://x.com/AdrianLTStoica)

### Saman Sayahpour — Founder

Founder at Axelrod (YC S26). Dropped out of Carnegie Mellon's B.S. in Logic & Computation. Previously researched causal machine learning, prediction markets, photonic computing and collective decision-making. Admitted to study mathematics at the University of Vienna at 14.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayahpour/) · [X](https://www.x.com/samansayahpour)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axelrod) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Adrian Lucas Tariel Stoica](https://hacklab.so/adrian-lucas-tariel-stoica) — Founder (Present)
- [Saman Sayahpour](https://hacklab.so/saman-sayahpour) — Founder (Present)