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# We’ve Done This Before. That’s the Point.
Melio AI is an applied AI consultancy. We don’t sell AI capability in the abstract. Instead, we design and deliver systems that operate inside real business workflows, from the first workshop to the day the system runs unattended in production.
Melio AI is headquartered in Rosebank, Johannesburg, founded four to be confirmed, AWS Advanced Tier Partner, and the first company in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve AWS AI Competency.
## Our Story, Briefly
We started in data science and machine learning, at the point where most companies were discovering that having a model isn't the same as having value. Years of enterprise delivery taught us the same lesson on repeat: the hard part was never building a model, it was getting a working system into a business that would actually use it, trust it, and keep it running.
Highwind grew out of that pattern-recognition. Rather than starting every client from zero, we packaged the capabilities we kept rebuilding into ready-to-use services, so smaller teams could get enterprise-grade AI without an enterprise-grade project.
Melio and Highwind now work together. Melio builds and learns through complex enterprise delivery, Highwind turns those lessons into reusable services, and Melio draws on Highwind to move faster where it fits. One team, serving both ends of the market without diluting either.
## Vision
Empower people to accomplish more with AI they can understand, trust, and run.
Think of it like a car built to be driven. You don't need to understand the engine, but you should know how it behaves, when it needs attention, and how to keep it running well. Sometimes we design the engine. Sometimes we maintain or upgrade one someone else built. Either way, the goal is the same: a team that can run its own AI systems with confidence, not one that's permanently dependent on us.
## Mission
To make AI frictionless and free people up to do meaningful, creative work.
Friction is what happens when AI is hard to test, hard to trust, hard to operate, or disconnected from how people actually work. We design against all four. Not isolated models, not demos, but systems built to run inside a real workflow.
## Values
### Openness & Trust
We practise Radical Candour: caring personally and challenging directly. Results only happen when people feel trusted enough to say when something isn’t working, on either side of the table.
### Curiosity
If you stop learning, your career stalls with you. We treat this as literal, not aspirational.
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### Long-Term Thinking
We spend time upfront designing things properly rather than taping broken code together, and we don’t get attached to what we’ve built. We stay attached to building it well.
### Be an Advocate
We share what we learn. If it helps the wider AI community move past the same mistakes we’ve already made, it’s worth saying publicly.
### Win-Win
We share what we learn. If it helps the wider AI community move past the same mistakes we’ve already made, it’s worth saying publicly.
## The People Behind the Systems
No subcontractors, no handoffs to a vendor you've never met. When you work with Melio, you work directly with the people who design and build your system.
### Merelda
Co-founder | MLOps Evangelist
MSc (Eng, Electrical), BSc (Eng, Electrical)
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### Harry
Co-founder | DevOps Evangelist
MSc (Eng, Electrical), BSc (Eng, Electrical), BEngSc (Biomedical)
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### Greg
Head of Data Science and AI
BCom (Informatics & Computer Auditing)
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### Taliya Weinstein
Data Scientist
MRes Bioengineering · BSc Engineering (Information) · BEngSc Biomedical Engineering
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Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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### Taliya Weinstein
Data Scientist
MRes Bioengineering · BSc Engineering (Information) · BEngSc Biomedical Engineering
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Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
Read more...
### Taliya Weinstein
Data Scientist
MRes Bioengineering · BSc Engineering (Information) · BEngSc Biomedical Engineering
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Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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## We're Hiring
We’re growing the team and looking for people who want to work on practical AI with real-world impact. You’ll join a small, collaborative team solving complex problems and building systems that are useful from day one.
[Explore options →](https://pages.melio.ai/careers?hsLang=en)
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## Merelda
Co-founder | MLOps Evangelist
MSc (Eng, Electrical), BSc (Eng, Electrical)
### Core expertise
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### Beyond the data
Core expertise
An impact- and curiosity-driven data scientist with a knack for connecting ideas across machine learning, bioengineering and information engineering. Taliya enjoys turning complex problems into clear, practical solutions and finding useful connections between different domains.
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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## Harry
Co-founder | DevOps Evangelist
MSc (Eng, Electrical), BSc (Eng, Electrical), BEngSc (Biomedical)
### Core expertise
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### Beyond the data
Core expertise
An impact- and curiosity-driven data scientist with a knack for connecting ideas across machine learning, bioengineering and information engineering. Taliya enjoys turning complex problems into clear, practical solutions and finding useful connections between different domains.
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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## Greg
Head of Data Science and AI
BCom (Informatics & Computer Auditing)
### Core expertise
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### Beyond the data
Core expertise
An impact- and curiosity-driven data scientist with a knack for connecting ideas across machine learning, bioengineering and information engineering. Taliya enjoys turning complex problems into clear, practical solutions and finding useful connections between different domains.
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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## Taliya Weinstein
Data Scientist
MRes Bioengineering · BSc Engineering (Information) · BEngSc Biomedical Engineering
### Core expertise
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Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
### Beyond the data
Core expertise
An impact- and curiosity-driven data scientist with a knack for connecting ideas across machine learning, bioengineering and information engineering. Taliya enjoys turning complex problems into clear, practical solutions and finding useful connections between different domains.
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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## Taliya Weinstein
Data Scientist
MRes Bioengineering · BSc Engineering (Information) · BEngSc Biomedical Engineering
### Core expertise
Lorem ipsum dolor
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
### Beyond the data
Core expertise
An impact- and curiosity-driven data scientist with a knack for connecting ideas across machine learning, bioengineering and information engineering. Taliya enjoys turning complex problems into clear, practical solutions and finding useful connections between different domains.
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
[M](https://blog.melio.ai/)
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## Taliya Weinstein
Data Scientist
MRes Bioengineering · BSc Engineering (Information) · BEngSc Biomedical Engineering
### Core expertise
Lorem ipsum dolor
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
### Beyond the data
Core expertise
An impact- and curiosity-driven data scientist with a knack for connecting ideas across machine learning, bioengineering and information engineering. Taliya enjoys turning complex problems into clear, practical solutions and finding useful connections between different domains.
Beyond the data
When she’s not solving data problems, Tali is usually reading, hiking or playing board games — preferably with a cup of green tea nearby. She’s also a self-described “chronic egg boiler” and once met Sacha Baron Cohen while queuing for falafel at a Bar Mitzvah.
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