Miriel
About
Built for children, by people who think they deserve better.
Miriel is the work of one founder, a small team, and a clear thesis: pediatric nutrition has been left behind by the wave of AI tools that reshaped adult health. Children deserve the same intelligence — and we're building it.
Why Miriel
Children deserve nutrition intelligence built for them.
Pediatric nutrition has not been digitalized as well as adult nutrition. AI offers enormous potential for guiding parents through the daily decisions that shape a child's growth — and it has been underutilized.
Miriel was formed to close that gap. We give parents safe, accurate, time-saving, and practical AI guidance for their children's nutrition. The aim is the best nutrition during the earliest years — so children grow into healthier adults, not just by weight, but in cognitive development and lifelong sustainable eating habits.
Founder
Alican Yildizalp.
Founder & CEO. Based in Seoul, Korea.
Alican is a serial AI entrepreneur. He builds AI services to advance humanity and improve everyday quality of life — particularly tools that make life an easier journey for everyone.
He has previously worked in AI infrastructure, AI EdTech, and AI wellness, and had a short stint in venture capital helping VCs identify investable startups. Before founding companies, he worked at Apple, TikTok, and the United Nations.
Alican holds a Master's degree in Sustainability Science and Policy from Maastricht University, where he wrote the first thesis in its field — on the sustainability contributions of additive manufacturing technology in the biotech and aerospace industries. His undergraduate degree is in international relations.
Company
Poseidon R&D Inc.
- Founded
- September 9, 2025 — Delaware, USA
- Product
- Miriel AI — pediatric nutrition for families
- USA HQ
- Newark, Delaware, USA
- Korea HQ
- Gangnam, Seoul, Korea
Partners
Builders, programs, and labs that stand behind us.
- Google for Startups Member
- NVIDIA Inception Member
- Yonsei University Academic partner
- Founder Institute Korea / Japan, Fall 2025 cohort graduate
- OpenAI for Startups Member
- ElevenLabs for Startups Member
- Google Gemini Tier 3 partner