Company

Connecting intelligence with the physical world.

Meallions exists to end hidden hunger — the micronutrient deficiency that leaves nearly 2 billion people undernourished on diets that look adequate. Meallions OS is how we do it: the technology we build so producers can make nutritious food affordable, consistent and scalable at local cost.

We are building Meallions OS to connect people, artificial intelligence, and production equipment in one learning system—helping turn scientific knowledge and market opportunities into food products that can be manufactured reliably.

Our Purpose

Better nutrition depends on more than better recipes.

It requires the ability to produce nutritious, affordable food consistently, using the ingredients, equipment, and expertise available locally.

Meallions brings research, product development, and manufacturing into a shared decision process, with food extrusion as our starting point. We are not replacing the people who understand food science, equipment, or local markets. We are building the system that helps them make better decisions, faster, with evidence they can trust.

Our Vision

From knowledge to production—and back to knowledge.

Our vision connects the complete journey: identify an opportunity, develop a formulation, test it in an equipment-specific digital twin, validate it through a production run, and use the results to improve the next decision.

People set objectives and retain accountability. AI develops hypotheses. Digital twins predict behavior. Machines produce, and sensors return evidence. Together, they form a distributed network designed to learn from real-world outcomes.

People

Objectives & accountability

AI & Digital Twins

Hypotheses & predictions

Production

Equipment execution

Measured Results

Feedback loop

Measured results return to AI & Digital Twins

Our intended learning cycle

Three Principles

How we approach the work.

01
Grounded in evidence
Connect scientific sources, ingredient knowledge, and production results so recommendations can be traced, tested, and improved.
02
Built for local conditions
Account for differences in raw materials, equipment, economics, and nutritional needs while developing knowledge that can be reused across sites.
03
Designed for accountable learning
Give each participant—person, AI agent, digital twin, or machine—a defined identity, role, permissions, and history. Keep human oversight at the center.

Team

The people behind Meallions.

Leadership

Denis Semykin
Director, Meallions Africa — Nairobi
Denis has been building Meallions since 2017, taking it from an initial concept to an operating extrusion plant in Kenya. He leads the company's operations across Africa and created FoodAdvice, a program that helps the next generation of food innovators enter the industry.
Ivan Sidorok
Director, Meallions Asia — Dubai
Ivan brings years of leadership experience as a managing partner and board member at WND Holdings. He co-founded Mabius, a food startup incubator, and launched the Meallions reality show. He leads Meallions' presence in Asia.
Ivan Shamaev
Director, Meallions USA — Washington, D.C.
Ivan is a product and growth leader with 15+ years of taking ideas from discovery to adoption across food, edtech, proptech, and financial services. As Director of Meallions USA, he leads U.S. product development and market expansion.

Technology & Delivery

Slava Yultyyev
Head of Software Engineering — San Francisco
Slava has more than 20 years of software engineering experience at companies including Meta, WorkBoard and Zum. He leads development of Meallions OS, an AI-native platform for market and product research, hypothesis testing in digital twin simulations and setpoint optimization.
Hamisi Kanzere
Senior Project Manager — Nairobi
Hamisi oversees the development of Meallions' extrusion facility at Tatu City, coordinating construction, international equipment shipments, and the plant's digital twin. He brings hands-on experience in milling operations and quality control from Capwell Industries.
Collins Ochieng
Senior Growth Lead — Nairobi
Collins leads Meallions' pilot projects and drives growth for FoodAdvice, expanding the program into schools and developing partnerships. He also chairs the youth wing of the Kenya Red Cross, bringing experience in community engagement and volunteer leadership to his work at Meallions.

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