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Did Akash Shetty co-found Publicus?
Yes. Publicus's about page, checked September 23, 2026, says the company was "Founded in 2024 by Joe Noss and Akash Shetty" and lists him as "Co-founder and CTO". It says the two "met at a coding boot camp".
What does he do at Publicus?
He runs the technical side. The same about page, checked September 23, 2026, says he "Built the platform architecture, data pipelines, and AI models that process millions of procurement records across 200+ government sources" and "Leads engineering, infrastructure, and product development". A Toronto Machine Learning speaker page dated September 15, 2026 also lists him as co-founder and CTO of Publicus.
What did he do before Publicus?
Machine-learning work. Publicus's about page, checked September 23, 2026, says he previously worked on "Ads and ML products at Loblaw Digital". In an AI Makerspace interview published February 7, 2025, he said he is "a physicist and mathematician by training" and has worked in AI and data science since 2017.
How did he meet his co-founder?
Through an AI engineering course. In the AI Makerspace interview published February 7, 2025, he said he met co-founder Joe Noss in the program, adding that Noss is "also based in Toronto" and that they had been building Publicus "since mid program".