Mentlio an applied research lab focused on optimizing AI ROI for the modern enterprise. We help engineering teams draw a line between their AI spend and delivery, per engineer. We then cut ~30% of AI spend via Mentlio's custom ML-based intelligent routing, context optimization, and prompt compression.

The company was founded by Ashank Shah; Ahmet Demirbas. It is part of YC Summer 2026. It is based in San Francisco, CA, USA.