Daan Ferdinandusse
@daan-ferdinandusse
Founder at Sartor | Building the AI infrastructure for creator-led fashion brands 🎨🤖
Location
Huizen / North Holland, Netherlands (Goois Lyceum listed on profile; Dutch origin) →
San Francisco, California, United States (LinkedIn headline and profile location)
Projects
Ideas brought to life. A look at the products, companies, and creative works built from the ground up, turning concepts into reality.
Sartor (Founder & CTO)
Founder and CTO of Sartor, a fashion-tech startup building AI tools for influencers to launch their own fashion brands from a reference image; incorporated in the U.S. and positioned to tap creator-led apparel commerce.
Source: linkedin.comJan 2025 - Present
EagleEye (Earlybird VC) - Startup sourcing engine
Built EagleEye, an AI-powered startup screening and sourcing engine for Earlybird VC. Reported to be the firm's primary source of active deal flow and has assessed millions of companies/founders.
Source: linkedin.comJan 2024 - Sep 2024
Supply-chain forecasting at Stemly
Developed deep-learning models that predict full distributions of potential supply-chain scenarios (not just point forecasts) to optimize inventory, warehousing, and transportation costs for Stemly (B2B supply chain automation).
Source: linkedin.comFeb 2022 - Sep 2022
Calibrating probabilistic hierarchical forecasts with conformal predictions (Master's thesis / ICML DFUQ workshop)
Master's research applying conformal prediction to probabilistic hierarchical forecasting. Presented at the Distribution-Free Uncertainty Quantification workshop at ICML 2022.
Source: sites.google.comJune 2022
In the Spotlight
When your work speaks for itself, sometimes others join the conversation. A collection of articles, interviews, and viral content where achievements have been shared.
Recognitions
Formal validation from the top. A showcase of official awards, grants, and government acknowledgements that recognize excellence and extraordinary ability.
ICML 2022 — Distribution-Free Uncertainty Quantification workshop (presentation)
Presented master's work 'Calibrating probabilistic hierarchical forecasts with conformal predictions' at the DFUQ workshop associated with ICML 2022.
Source: sites.google.comJune 2022
Entrepreneur First — Founder in Residence / Cohort (selected)
Selected to Entrepreneur First (EF) as Founder in Residence / cohort participant (Winter '24 cohort referenced in posts), which led to co-founding Sartor.
Source: joinef.comOct 2024 - May 2025
Work Experience
Key roles that defined the journey. A timeline of companies and ventures where Sigil played a critical part in building teams, shipping products, and driving impact.
Founder & CTO
Leading product and engineering to build AI infrastructure for creator-led fashion brands; focusing on enabling influencers to launch private-label apparel from reference images and automating manufacturing/supply-chain workflows.
Jan 2025 - Present
Founder in Residence
Participant in EF's founder program (Winter '24 cohort), which accelerated company formation and fundraising activities.
Oct 2024 - May 2025
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Built EagleEye, an AI-powered startup screening engine that became a principal source of dealflow for Earlybird; responsibilities included large-scale data collection, model development, and production deployment.
Source: linkedin.comJan 2024 - Sep 2024
Machine Learning Engineer
Developed probabilistic forecasting and optimization models for supply-chain use cases; work led to research presented at ICML DFUQ workshop.
Source: linkedin.comFeb 2022 - Sep 2022
Guest Lecturer
Delivered an introduction to AI as part of a computational thinking class.
Jun 2022
Guest Lecturer
Presented conformal prediction techniques for time-series forecasting in an applied data-science class.
Mar 2022
Treasurer of Introduction Committee
Organized a major student event (week-long) and managed finance/operations during a period of COVID restrictions.
Jan 2020 - Sep 2020
Croupier
Managed casino tables and entertainment events; often team lead for events.
Dec 2016 - Mar 2019
Membership
Affiliations and memberships in prestigious organizations and communities.
Entrepreneur First (EF) — Founder / Cohort participant
Selected participant in Entrepreneur First's founder program (Winter cohort), which led to co-founding Sartor.
Source: joinef.comOct 2024 - May 2025
Education
Academic foundation and learning journey. Institutions and programs that shaped expertise and knowledge.
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Master of Science (MSc), Artificial Intelligence
Master's research focused on probabilistic forecasting and conformal prediction; work presented at ICML DFUQ workshop.
2020 - 2022
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Artificial Intelligence
Undergraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence (LinkedIn lists BSc and MSc in AI).
2016 - 2020 (approx.)
Goois Lyceum
Technasium - VWO (secondary education)
Secondary education in the Netherlands.
2009 - 2015
Certifications
Socials
Connect and explore. Links to social media profiles and professional networks.
