{"id":"f2e9dec4-060f-4d9e-8bab-2808cb4e3c5d","slug":"asad-tirmizi","name":"Asad Tirmizi","bioBrief":"Co-founder and CEO of Trener Robotics (formerly T-ROBOTICS), a San Francisco and Trondheim-based startup building Acteris, a robot-agnostic AI skills platform for industrial automation. He holds a PhD and previously worked at Vicorious (acquired by Google) and contributed to robotics and haptics programs at ByteDance, following a tenure at a European manufacturing research institute. He co-founded Trener Robotics in 2024 with CTO Lars Tingelstad based on their doctoral collaboration at the University of Siena and NTNU.","priorExits":null,"nationality":null,"verificationPosture":"reported","aliases":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://trener.ai/news/trener-robotics-raises-32m-series-a-to-bring-physical-intelligence-to-industrial-automation-providing-a-foundational-intelligence-layer-that-enables-software-defined-control-of-robots","name":"Trener Robotics (official)","title":"Trener Robotics raises $32M Series A"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/?p=586970","name":"The Robot Report","title":"Trener Robotics raises $32M for robot-agnostic skills platform"},{"url":"https://engineventures.com/companies/t-robotics","name":"Engine Ventures","title":"Trener Robotics portfolio profile"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","createdAt":"2026-08-05T01:04:49.398Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T02:04:30.850Z","educations":[],"companyRoles":[{"id":"f16f67a8-b055-477c-94a4-f623edabfdf6","personId":"f2e9dec4-060f-4d9e-8bab-2808cb4e3c5d","companyId":"b6100cde-05a2-4062-98bd-233062fbc7ef","role":"ceo","roleTitle":"Co-Founder & CEO","startDate":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","endDate":null,"currentRole":true,"roleBasis":"verified_secondary","createdAt":"2026-08-05T01:04:50.167Z","company":{"slug":"trener-robotics","name":"Trener Robotics"}}],"boardRoles":[],"investorRoles":[],"foundings":[]}