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Melian Ventures

About

A two-person software company in Maryland.

Melian Ventures was formed in 2026 to do two things: build software we sell under our own name, and take on a small number of AI engineering engagements a year for people who want the work done carefully.

The name is a place. Melian is the demonym for Milos, the Greek island where the two of us got engaged. The mark in our logo carries the same idea: an M and its reflection, woven together, with a horizon running through it.

We are deliberately small. There is no sales team and no account manager. When you write to us, one of the founders reads it and replies.

The people

Founders

Ben Ballintyn

Co-founder · Engineering

Ben builds the software. He holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Brandeis University, where his thesis studied attractor-state transitions and the decision-making algorithms behind behavior, and a B.A. in biology with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in computational biology and neurobiology.

He works primarily in Python and has spent the last several years building tooling for large language models: client libraries, agent systems, and the applications on the software page.

Co-founder

Co-founder

Bio coming soon.