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Is Sebastian Fischmeister genuinely a co-founder of Acerta?
Yes. Acerta's own 2025 press kit, published at acerta.ai and checked 2026-09-20, lists three co-founders: Greta Cutulenco (CEO), Sebastian Fischmeister (professor at the University of Waterloo) and Jean-Christophe Petkovich (former CTO). University of Waterloo engineering news, 2020-09-10, says Acerta was founded by the same three people; that page says 2016, while the press kit gives 2017 as the year established.
What was his role inside the company?
BetaKit, 2020-09-01, describes Acerta as launched in early 2017 by Cutulenco, CTO Jean-Christophe Petkovich and 'chief scientist office and University of Waterloo professor, Sebastian Fischmeister'.
Is he part of Acerta's leadership today?
No. Acerta's About page, checked 2026-09-20, lists leadership as Greta Cutulenco (CEO and co-founder), Marc Vermette (CRO), Sergey Strelnikov (VP engineering) and Aaron Alberts (VP customer success). Fischmeister is not listed.
What is he doing now?
His University of Waterloo electrical and computer engineering profile, checked 2026-09-20, lists him as a professor in that department, cross-appointed to the Cheriton School of Computer Science. Waterloo News, 2022-02-23, reports he co-founded Palitronica in 2019 out of his lab.