2x founder

Lorcan O Cathain

Co-Founder @ Lua AI (YC F25) | Enabling developers to launch enterprise-grade agents reliably at scale

Co-founder

Lua Global Inc· Fall 2025🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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2025Co-founder· Lua AI

Founder · since 2015

Company

Lua AI

Role

CEO & Co-Founder

current

Stage

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no public source

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no public source

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Lua Global Inc

The mid-market agent platform

Fall 2025

Experience

Career

Lua AI
Co-founder
CEO & Co-Founder · 2025 – Present
2025
Zephyr Management, L.P.
Chairman, Zephyr Africa · Nairobi County, Kenya · 2024 – Present
2024
Money254
CEO · Nairobi, Kenya · 2020 – 2024
2020
4G Capital
Chief Operating Officer · 2019 – 2020
2019
4G Capital
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) · 2019 – 2020
2019
4G Capital
Vice President Strategy · Nairobi, Kenya · 2018 – 2019
2018
4G Capital
Regional Expansion Manager · Uganda & Rwanda · 2017 – 2018
2017
Overseas Development Institute
Economic Adviser: Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship Development · Kigali, Rwanda · 2016 – 2017
2016
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ African Union Liason Office · Addis Ababa · 2016
2016
Rocket Internet SE
Global Venture Development Manager · Manila · 2015
2015
Change Ireland
Founder
Founder · 2015
2015
London School of Economics Students' Union
LSE Annual Fund · 2014 – 2015
2014
The Wonder App
Head of Engagement · www.thewonderapp.co · 2014 – 2015
2014
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Intern · Office of Congressman Peter King (R-NY) · 2014
2014
Track & Field
International Athlete · 2008 – 2013
2008

Bio

Co-Founder & CEO of Lua AI- we enable builders to launch enterprise grade AI agents quickly, reliably and at scale. Before co-founding Lua I spent 15 years building and investing in technology companies across emerging markets.