Mirella Kłosińska

Year the scholarship was awarded:

2026

Area of expertise

Entrepreneurship

Mirella Kłosińska is the founder of Wayde AI, a company developing AI agents for the marketing teams of major e-commerce brands such as L’Oréal Paris, Eveline Cosmetics and LPP. She started her first business selling motorcycle helmets. She later ran an NGO focused on climate change education, reaching more than 5 million people in Poland. 

Today, her company is backed by prominent investors from Poland and the United States, including the Telora Fellowship, which has an acceptance rate of just 0.5%. Her startup was the only non-US team to receive investment through the programme and has been featured in outlets including Forbes. Mirella studied Computer Science at Minerva University in San Francisco and, following a transfer, is currently pursuing a BBA & AI programme at Swiss Business School. She comes from Elbląg and is personally interested in new technologies, the automotive industry and travel.