Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Brian

Brian Fields earned his Ph.D. in computer architecture from Berkeley and was the CTO of the Minerva Project. Brian's current project, Flowplay AI, aims to convert the awe-inspiring demonstrations of generative AI into practical, user-friendly applications.

Kanishk

Formerly special projects at Affirm and EE #3 at Kojo. Interested in cycling and reading science fiction. Optimistic about the world.

Tarin

I am working on tackling robotics and AI by throwing out almost all of the existing paradigms. Instead, I want to develop and refine ideas around artificial life, virtual biology, etc. This will draw heavily on simulations, and biological principles. Furthermore, I am seeking to stand up a new type of organization to do this, a cross between a venture-studio, research-lab, and a traditional start-up. Bio: Angel investor and technologist, 20+ years of experience, Apple (Autonomous Vehicles), CTO @ Voyage (Autonomous Vehicles, acquired by Cruise), Director R&D @ CTRL-Labs, (Brain Machine Interfaces, acquired by Meta), US Army Research Labs / Naval Underwater Warfare Center / RADAR/SONAR imaging and autonomous systems / Neurosys computational neuroscience. (BSEE @ GMU 2004 / MSEE @ George Washington University 2007)

Hanson

Building https://arcwise.app to bring data science to everyone. Formerly worked on ML infrastructure and developer tools as a MLE/SWE @ Meta.

Avi

Avi is the former Head of Product at Neeva.com -- the world's first ad-free, private search engine. Prior to Neeva, he was at YouTube where he built & led a new ads business focused on shopping & commercial actions.

Liza

I'm interested in using technology to improve access to social services. Here to try and figure out how. I love handstands, reading and studying tech's impact on attention, learning and memory. Slack and Robhinhood and Matrix Partners in a previous life. Avid user of the :sparkle: emoji.

Bryan

CTO of Centari. We help with documents.

Ning

Ning came from Meta FAIR where he worked as a research engineer on speech/text translation and multimodal LLM. Ning is exploring the intersection of AI applications and SMS platforms.

Warren

Warren was previously a Partner at Sequoia Capital where he worked shoulder-to-shoulder with founders to build large, enduring businesses.

Markus

Currently building WorkForge, the easiest way to get the info you need at work. Previously founder of Lobe, a visual tool to build custom deep learning models (acquired by Microsoft 2018). Graduate '14 Master's CS and '13 M&T dual degree program at Penn.