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Kanjun

Kanjun Qiu is the CEO of Generally Intelligent, an AI research company building human-like general intelligence by evolving self-supervised architectures to tackle human developmental milestones of increasing complexity. Kanjun is interested in human agency, institutions for discovery, social technologies, and understanding what machine learning algorithms might teach us about psychology.

Vishal

Vishal is the co-founder and former CTO of Leap, building products to address loneliness among older adults. Previously co-founded Screenhero (acquired by Slack), where he later led real-time communications as a Senior Engineering Manager.

Guglielmo

Co-founder of the robotics simulation and software infrastructure company Adjoint, Inc. Previously, a mission planning visiting researcher at NASA/JPL, and Ph.D. candidate in aerospace engineering at Polytechnic of Turin.

Waseem

I'm a cofounder of Pilot, a modern finance team offering the best bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses. I'm an engineer by background and have cofounded and sold a couple of companies with friends I met while studying at MIT. In 2011, Ksplice was acquired by Oracle, and Zulip was acquired by Dropbox in 2014.

Kevin

Kevin is the founder and CEO of Centari, building next-generation information tools for legal and deal teams. Previously served as Head of Legal at Kasa and Deputy General Counsel at Hamilton Zanze. A UC Berkeley Law grad, he blends deep legal expertise with startup operational experience.

James

James is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur currently building Durable. He previously founded VisualCV after building a diverse portfolio of businesses, from window‑cleaning ventures to software startups.

Jonathan

Jonathan Mortensen (JMo) is a data scientist and software engineer. After graduating with a PhD in biomedical data science in 2016 from Stanford, Jonathan founded and sold two startups: Gyroscope to BlueVoyant and bit.io to Databricks. Now, JMo is exploring on the intersection of AI and databases.

Faraz

Faraz is a tech entrepreneur who previously founded two companies, including Screenhero, which sold to Slack. He's currently really into robotics.

Samantha

Samantha is a software engineer with previous experience in fintech & AI. She is currently working on projects in the crypto space.

Harshvardhan

Hey, you can call me Harsh! Founder of Metarch (metarch.ai) & Manifold Research (manifoldrg.com). Previously, AI Research Scientist & Faculty @ Georgia Tech, Peraton/Perspecta Labs, Paperspace ATG, Harvard My aim is to research, build, and commercialize high leverage science and technology to advance human civilization, starting with Next Generation AI.