Paul Grech is Co-Founder and CEO at OctaPulse, an AI-powered computer vision platform automating fish farming quality assurance from hatchery to harvest. The company is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch and won an Ocean Exchange Collegiate Award in 2025.

Paul holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business and worked at Bloomberg in multiple roles including Portfolio & Risk Analytics Relationship Manager and Enterprise Account Manager. He was also a Special Projects Fellow at Miami-Dade Innovation Authority and participated in the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship.

With roots in Malta and Puerto Rico, Paul's lifelong connection to the ocean drives his mission to protect marine ecosystems for future generations. OctaPulse cuts fish inspection time from 5 minutes to under 30 seconds per fish with over 90% accuracy.

OctaPulse is targeting the $300 billion aquaculture industry, the fastest growing food sector that has surpassed commercial fishing. The company has received backing from investors including AlphaLab, Innovation Works, Robotics Factory, and VentureWell.

OctaPulse's AI vision technology helps fish farms advance only high-quality fish, reducing waste of feed and labor while farms currently spend over $200,000 per year on trained technicians for manual inspection processes. The company aims to bring automation across the entire fish production lifecycle.