Clinical experience meets AI.

Emtrial connects trial recruitment with robust AI systems. We turn research and practical experience into tools that let study teams trace every result to its source.

The Emtrial team

Hannes Ill
Co-Founder · Product & Strategy

Hannes Ill

Holds an M.Sc. in Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence from TUM and previously conducted research at MIT on clinical AI and agentic systems. At Emtrial, he leads product strategy, customer discovery, and business development, connecting clinical AI research with the needs of hospitals and outpatient medical centres.

Mehul Mittal
Co-Founder · AI & Engineering

Mehul Mittal

Leads AI engineering, evaluation, and technical integration at Emtrial. Builds GenAI and ML systems with a focus on human intent and cognitive systems. His work spans GenAI infrastructure at Bosch, ML platforms at Concentrix, and published biosignal research for Parkinson’s detection. M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, with a graduation scholarship.

Mahi Araz
Advisor · Clinical Practice

Mahi Araz

Physician and medical graduate of the University of Hamburg. After more than 1,000 hours manually searching for clinical trial candidates, she knows the operational problem firsthand. She advises Emtrial from a physician’s perspective.

Our principles.

Evidence before claims

Every potential match points to the information that supports it.

Control inside the hospital

Patient-level data stays in the hospital-controlled environment.

People make the decision

Emtrial prepares the review. Clinical interpretation stays with the responsible study team.

Short answers.

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Who founded Emtrial?

Hannes Ill and Mehul Mittal. Hannes Ill leads product and strategy, Mehul Mittal leads AI and engineering.

Where does the clinical perspective come from?

Mahi Araz advises Emtrial as a physician. She knows the manual search for trial candidates from more than 1,000 hours of her own practice.

Who would Emtrial like to talk to?

Hospitals, study teams, outpatient medical centres, sponsors, and CROs that want to improve candidate search, pre-screening, or feasibility.

Where is Emtrial based and how do we reach the team?

Emtrial is based in Munich. Write to hannes.ill@emtrial.com or use the contact page.