Our Team

Meet the minds behind Afarensis

Our diverse team of researchers, engineers, and industry experts are united by a shared vision of making AI safe and accessible for everyone.

Leadership

Our leadership team

CEO & Co-Founder

Former AI research lead at Google DeepMind with 15+ years in machine learning.

CTO & Co-Founder

Previously led engineering teams at OpenAI and has multiple patents in NLP.

Chief Research Officer

PhD from MIT, specializing in neural network architectures and optimization.

VP of Engineering

20+ years building scalable systems at Amazon and Microsoft.

Head of AI Safety

Leading researcher in AI alignment and safety at Stanford before joining Afarensis.

VP of Product

Former product leader at Salesforce, focused on enterprise AI solutions.

Principal Scientist

Renowned for contributions to transformer architectures and attention mechanisms.

Head of Operations

Previously scaled operations at multiple AI startups from seed to IPO.

Advisors

AI Ethics Advisor

Stanford University

Technical Advisor

Former Google Brain

Business Advisor

Sequoia Capital

We're always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about AI and want to make a difference. Check out our open positions.