Martin Bielicki
@martin-bielicki
CEO & Co-Founder at Bench | Mechanical Engineer building AI tools to automate engineering workflows and accelerate hardware design.
Location
Poznań, Poland →
London, England
Projects
Ideas brought to life. A look at the products, companies, and creative works built from the ground up, turning concepts into reality.
Bench (getbench.ai)
AI-powered engineering workflow automation platform that turns engineering tasks into workflows, integrates with CAD/CAE/PLM tools, and runs AI agents to automate repetitive design and simulation steps. Bench raised early pre-seed funding and is piloting with stealth partners in robotics and aerospace.
Source: getbench.aiHyperlink (Queen Mary University of London) — Hyperloop Pod
Founded and led Hyperlink, an academic Hyperloop team of ~70 students from Queen Mary and partner universities to design and build a Hyperloop pod. The team competed internationally and won awards (e.g., Braking System Award at Hyperloop Global).
Source: qmsu.orgIn the Spotlight
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Recognitions
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£1M pre-seed funding (Bench)
Pre-seed round to accelerate development of Bench's AI platform for engineering workflow automation; widely announced by the founders and supporters on LinkedIn and partner channels.
Source: linkedin.com2024 (announced via LinkedIn)
Hyperlink — Braking System Award at Hyperloop Global Competition
Hyperlink (Queen Mary) was recognized with the Braking System Award at the Hyperloop Global Competition; Hyperlink is the team Martin founded and led.
Source: sems.qmul.ac.uk2024
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.
CEO & Co-Founder
Leading product, fundraising, and go-to-market for an AI-native engineering platform that automates CAD/CAE/PLM workflows and agents to accelerate hardware design iterations. Public-facing founder announcements and fundraising communications are on LinkedIn and company channels.
Source: getbench.aiFounder & Team Lead
Founded and managed an interdisciplinary student engineering team (~70 members) to design and build a Hyperloop pod, coordinating subteams across mechanical, propulsion, electronics, and operations; team competed at Hyperloop Global and won technical awards.
Source: qmsu.orgMembership
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EWOR — Ideation Fellow / Participant
Participated in EWOR’s ideation and early-stage support program; EWOR supported early development and launch of Bench and public recognition from EWOR mentors is documented on LinkedIn.
Source: linkedin.com2023–2024
Sigma Squared Society — Fellow
Listed as a Sigma Squared Fellow in LinkedIn posts highlighting high-potential entrepreneurs and founders.
Source: linkedin.com2024
Education
Academic foundation and learning journey. Institutions and programs that shaped expertise and knowledge.
Mechanical Engineering (degree unspecified)
Studied mechanical engineering at Queen Mary University of London; later founded and led the Hyperlink Hyperloop student team at Queen Mary.
Source: qmsu.orgSocials
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