Software engineers turned entrepreneurs Louis Murerwa and Michael Moyo have spent time across all different corners of the world in the early parts of their tech careers. From Zimbabwe and Zambia, the two graduated from Dartmouth in New Hampshire. Murerwa went on to work at Google in New York City, while Moyo took a role at Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington State. They reconnected in 2024 to go through Y Combinator, a popular early-stage accelerator in San Francisco with the launch of their startup, Ocular AI,
But now as they look to scale Ocular, they’re putting down roots in Atlanta.
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| Ocular AI Startup founders Louis Murerwa and Michael Moyo |
The move is strategic for the young startup, Murerwa says in an interview with Hypepotamus. Ocular is an AI search tool designed for enterprise workplaces. The concept was born out of Murerwa and Moyo’s own frustration with the fact that all the information they needed for their jobs was spread across multiple platforms like Google Drive, email, and different code repositories.
“Finding the information needed to do our jobs was very painful. It took a lot of time out of our days,” Murerwa told Hypepotamus. “So we decided to build this infrastructure to consolidate all the information within enterprise organizations.”
Ocular AI allows enterprises to search, visualize, and take action on the work tools and data sources on one unified platform. Permissions and users can be managed to ensure that the right people within an organization get access to different materials.
While only a few years out of college, Ocular’s founding team brings a unique perspective to the entrepreneurial world. Moyo previously founded a mental health-focused company in Zambia and is the co-founder of Ipahive, an African fintech.
Ocular AI might be a young startup, but they have already put themselves on the map as a startup to watch. The team was in San Francisco to participate in Y Combinator earlier this year. The team credits their time inside Y Combinator (YC) with helping them figure out the best sales strategies to grab those coveted enterprise clients. It also helped them decide to build Ocular as an open-code platform, a move that helps the startup be more quickly adopted by enterprise companies.
It was also through Y Combinator that Murerwa and Moyo met one of their early backers, Atlanta-based investor Avoilan Bingham at Drive Capital. After meeting Bingham, the Ocular co-founders relocated to Atlanta in July.
Atlanta is a natural fit for Ocular, Murerwa told Hypepotamus. Georgia Tech has one of the top artificial intelligence programs in the United States, and the city is home to one of the largest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies.
“Atlanta provides us with talent but also the opportunity to sell into enterprise companies,” Mureraw added.
While the Ocular team may be new to the city, they are certainly hitting the ground running to grow Ocular.
“In our early stages, we want to connect with decision-makers, people working in AI spaces inside enterprise companies,” he added.
Source: Hypepotamus
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