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Jan Liphardt
CEO OpenMind AGI and Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University ·
Openmind
ai-ml
applied-physics
James Zou
Professor of Biomedical Data Science ·
Stanford University
ai-ml
biotech
Augustus Doricko
Founder and CEO ·
Rainmaker Technology Corporation
aerospace
climate
Alexander Hammer
Co-Founder ·
Dunia
hardware
manufacturing
Ben Nowack
Co-Founder & CEO ·
Reflect Orbital
space
energy
Bilge Acun
AI Research ·
Meta Platforms, Inc.
ai-ml
energy
Brian Riordan
Co-Founder & COO ·
Avalanche Energy
energy
nuclear
Bruce Leak
General Partner ·
Playground Global
ai-ml
hardware
Chris Anderson
VP ·
xLight
hardware
quantum
Darren Woulfe
Head of Magnet Business ·
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
applied-physics
materials
Emmett Shear
CEO ·
Softmax
software
ai-ml
Garrett McCurrach
CEO ·
Pipedream Labs
ai-ml
robotics
Gary Agnew
Founder & CEO ·
Ideon Technologies
ai-ml
space
Ian Brooke
CEO ·
Astro Mechanica
aerospace
defense
Jeremy Nixon
Founder ·
Omniscience
ai-ml
cybersecurity
Kevin A. Damoa
Founder ·
Glīd Technologies
ai-ml
robotics
Mike Grace
Founder & CEO ·
Longshot Space
aerospace
space
Mike Lafferty
CEO ·
Snowcap Compute
hardware
applied-physics
Robin Langtry
CEO ·
Avalanche Energy
aerospace
applied-physics
Sean Hoge
Founder & General Partner ·
Starship Ventures
climate
robotics
Stuart Hameroff
Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology & Psychology ·
University of Arizona
neurotech
quantum
Trevor McCourt
CTO ·
Extropic
ai-ml
applied-physics
Will O'Brien
Co-founder ·
Ulysses
climate
energy
Will Regan
President and Cofounder, Pacific Fusion ·
Pacific Fusion
agtech
applied-physics
Adam Draper
M.D. ·
Boost VC
biotech
blockchain
Alex Kling
Senior Research Scientist ·
NASA
aerospace
climate
Ali Tamaseb
General Partner ·
DCVC
ai-ml
blockchain
Andrew Duggleby
Co-Founder & CTO, Venus Aerospace ·
Venus Aerospace
aerospace
defense
Beff Jezos
Founder ·
Extropic
ai-ml
applied-physics
Bilal Zuberi
G.P. ·
Lux
venture-capital
ai-ml
Derek Sutherland
VP of Research and Development ·
Realta Fusion
applied-physics
climate
Dr. Amy Kruse
CIO ·
Satori Neuro
neurotech
academia
Gil Verdon
CEO ·
Extropic
ai-ml
applied-physics
Greg Kubin
Investing in Frontier Brain Tech ·
Psymed Ventures
ai-ml
biotech
James Tagg
Founder & President ·
Valis Corporation
quantum
neurotech
Jennifer Johnston, Ph.D.
CEO ·
NysnoBio
biotech
healthcare
Julie Lein
M.P. ·
Urban Innovation Fund
climate
healthcare
Junaid Islam
Smart Cities Council ·
XQ
ai-ml
cybersecurity
Kyle Morris
Founder ·
Banana.dev
ai-ml
robotics
Matias Serebrinsky
General Partner, PsyMed Ventures ·
Psymed Ventures
ai-ml
neurotech
Matt Ocko
Co-Founder & Managing Partner ·
DCVC
applied-physics
biotech
Nare Janvelyan
Investor ·
Voyager
materials
academia
Robert Rose
CEO and Founder ·
Reliable Robotics
aerospace
defense
Shawn Xu
Partner ·
Lowercarbon Capital
climate
energy
Aaron Hsu
General Partner ·
Actual VC
biotech
venture-capital
AK
Alexander Kernbaum
SRI International
ai-ml
robotics
Andrew Byrnes
VP ·
Uber Technologies, Inc.
software
autonomous
Andrew Ryan
President ·
Faraday 1867 Holdings LLC
energy
nuclear
Ankit Somani
Co-founder & CEO ·
Conifer
climate
energy
Ara Knaian
CEO and co-founder ·
Acceleron Fusion
energy
nuclear
Arthur Mrozowski
quantum
hardware
Ash Kumra
Head of Community ·
AI Collective
ai-ml
government
Ben Bolte
Founder ·
K-Scale Labs
manufacturing
hardware
Benjamin Kim
Partner ·
Playground Global
ai-ml
quantum
Berivan Isik
AI Research ·
Google DeepMind
ai-ml
academia
Bharath Ramsundar
Founder ·
Deep Forest Sciences
ai-ml
biotech
Brian Flucht
Partner and US Division Head ·
Global Brain
venture-capital
software
Brian Hardin
Co-founder & CEO ·
Photara Inc.
manufacturing
materials
Bryce Meredig
Founder ·
Travertine
ai-ml
materials
Bud Vos
CEO ·
MetOx International
materials
energy
Caroline Anderson
Head of Public Affairs and Communications ·
Fusion Industry Association
nuclear
energy
Chase Means
ai-ml
hardware
Chris Catoya
Founder ·
cadCAD Foundation
ai-ml
blockchain
Chris Eiben, PhD
Founder and CEO ·
GigaCrop
agtech
biotech
Christoph Kohstall
CEO ·
1X
ai-ml
robotics
Clea Kolster
Partner ·
Lowercarbon Capital
climate
energy
Denis Timonin
Founder ·
FlyMy.AI
ai-ml
hardware
Domenic Ashburn
AI Influencer
ai-ml
defense
Doug Friedman
CEO ·
BioMADE
biotech
manufacturing
Drake Alexander Burciaga
ai-ml
robotics
Ekin Dogus Cubuk
Founder ·
Periodic Labs
ai-ml
energy
Emily Capra
PhD ·
McKinsey & Company
biotech
consulting
Erik Straser
CEO ·
ClearSky
energy
climate
Garth Sheldon-Coulson
CEO and Co-Founder ·
Panthalassa
climate
energy
Genevieve Kinney
Investor ·
General Catalyst
ai-ml
venture-capital
Hunter Davis
Cradle Healthcare Company ·
Until Labs
applied-physics
healthcare
Jacob Buckman
Cofounder ·
Manifest AI
ai-ml
software
Jared O’Leary
Founder & CEO ·
SirenOpt
ai-ml
materials
Jeeshan Chowdhury
Co-Founder ·
Pharia Health
biotech
neurotech
Jerome Monceaux
Enchanted Tools
robotics
ai-ml
Jesse Schmidt
Neuroscience & AI Researcher, Instructor, and Consultant. ·
Healthcare AI Consultant
ai-ml
applied-physics
Jonathan Budd
Investor ·
Matter Ventures
robotics
ai-ml
Jordan Kanis
Managing Director, Climate Technology and Sustainability ·
Silicon Valley Bank
energy
nuclear
Justin Briggs
Founder & COO ·
Antora Energy
applied-physics
climate
Kira Wyckoff
Founder & CEO ·
Leeta Materials
manufacturing
materials
Kristin Schmidt
Strategy Assistant for Accelerated Discovery ·
United States Department of Energy
ai-ml
energy
Liam Corrigan
Head of Finance ·
Fuse Energy
energy
nuclear
Malcolm Handley
Fusion VC Pioneer ·
Strong Atomics
applied-physics
climate
Marty Sprinzen
CEO ·
Vantiq
ai-ml
robotics
Matt Aubuchon
Director of Pulsed Power Component Development ·
Zap Energy
energy
nuclear
Matt O’Brien
CEO ·
Snowcrash Labs
defense
cybersecurity
Maximilian Von Poelnitz
Managing Director ·
Ajinomoto CVC
biotech
synthetic-bio
Michael Harries
Partner ·
The Robotics Hub
robotics
ai-ml
Michael Tsai
Fmr. Elected Official of Milpitas, CA; Chairman at Santa Clara County. ·
Sister Counties Commission
defense
manufacturing
Mitch Lee
CEO ·
Arc Boats
aerospace
climate
Nathalie Gouailhardou
CEO and Founder ·
Neurode
hardware
healthcare
Nathan Ratledge
Co-founder & CEO ·
Alta Resource Technologies
biotech
climate
Nicole Fay
PhD ·
Nutcracker Therapeutics
biotech
synthetic-bio
Olya Irzak
CEO ·
Frost Methane
climate
energy
Osh Agabi
Founder & CEO ·
Koniku
ai-ml
biotech
Po Bronson
Managing Director of IndieBio, GP at SOSV ·
IndieBio
biotech
synthetic-bio
Prof. Terry Rudolph
Chief Architect and Co-Founder ·
PsiQuantum
quantum
hardware
Rahul Chhabra
Co-Founder & CEO ·
Sabi
neurotech
ai-ml
Rahul Meka
Investor ·
Playground Global
ai-ml
hardware
Rajnish Khanna
Senior Investigator, Biosphere Science and Engineering ·
Stanford University
biotech
climate
Raphael Townshend
CEO & Founder ·
Atomic AI
ai-ml
synthetic-bio
Roman Teslyuk
Founder & CEO ·
EARTH AI
ai-ml
energy
Scott Stanford
ACME Capital ·
ACME Capital
ai-ml
robotics
Sean Liu
Partner ·
Founders Fund
climate
manufacturing
Sella Brosh M.D
Chief Executive Officer ·
NVision Imaging Technologies
biotech
hardware
Siddharth Narayanan
Member of Technical Staff ·
FutureHouse
ai-ml
biotech
Simeon Bochev
CEO ·
Compute Exchange
ai-ml
hardware
Sree Ganesan
VP Product ·
d-Matrix
ai-ml
hardware
Tayo Adesanya
Founder & CEO ·
Lola Vision Systems
ai-ml
defense
Theofanis Karaletsos
Head of AI for Science ·
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
ai-ml
materials
Tristan Semmelhack
co-founder ·
Reflect Orbital
space
aerospace
Vishnu Sridhar
Cofounder/CEO ·
Matter
ai-ml
agtech
Walden Lam
cofounder & president ·
Unspun
manufacturing
hardware
Xuhui Shao
Managing Partner of Foothill Ventures ·
Foothill Ventures
ai-ml
autonomous
Ying-Hui Fu
Professor ·
University of California, San Francisco
biotech
neurotech
Yuan Yu
Technical Fellow ·
Microsoft Azure
ai-ml
software
Adrian Killan
Mango Medical Inc.
biotech
healthcare
Ainur Nygmet
Faberge Labs
biotech
Amanda Mork
Community Builder ·
Deep Tech
ai-ml
nuclear
Andre Watson
CEO & Founder ·
Ligandal
biotech
ai-ml
Bob Boyd
founder and CEO ·
AT2 Aerospace
aerospace
climate
Calvin Chin
Managing Partner ·
E14 Fund
ai-ml
biotech
Chip Huyen
CS Lecturer ·
Stanford University
ai-ml
hardware
David Hooper
Founder & CEO, ELDAEON (UAP Tech). EECS ·
Eldaeon Technologies
aerospace
quantum
Dmitry Grudzinskiy
Sr Client Partner ·
Orion Innovation
biotech
healthcare
Dmytro Trofymov
Director of Software Engineering at Luminar Technologies ·
Luminar Technologies, Inc.
ai-ml
healthcare
Edward Hu
Founder ·
Stealth AI
ai-ml
software
Faris Sbahi
CEO ·
Normal Computing
ai-ml
applied-physics
Gina El Nesr
ABD ·
Stanford University
biotech
biophysics
Greg Timblin
PhD ·
Inapill
biotech
academia
Haomiao Huang
Founding Partner, Matter Venture Partners ·
Matter Venture Partners
ai-ml
hardware
HS
Holger Schlechter
CFO ·
IFZA
ai-ml
robotics
Ian Rountree
G.P. ·
Cantos Ventures
aerospace
biotech
Jack Carter
space
theoretical-physics
Jake Miller
Founder & CEO. Marvel Labs ·
Marvel Labs
biotech
manufacturing
James G. Leventhal
Executive Director ·
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose
ai-ml
James Ingallara
Founder ·
Frontier Valley
government
Jamie Joyce
Founder ·
The Society Library
ai-ml
software
Jef Caers
essor of Founder of Mineral X, ProfEarth & Planetary Sciences ·
Stanford University
materials
climate
Katie Hurley
Founder, BLCKSWN ·
BLCKSWN
ai-ml
neurotech
Katy Digovich
Founder & CEO ·
Minutia
biotech
synthetic-bio
Kevin Kong
Founder & CEO ·
Everstar
ai-ml
energy
Kyle Daniels
Assistant Professor of Genetics ·
Stanford University
biotech
synthetic-bio
Kyle Schiller
CEO ·
Marathon Fusion
climate
energy
Laura Deming
CEO ·
Cradle
biotech
synthetic-bio
Lewis Hong
Founding Partner FP Solutions ·
FP Solutions
manufacturing
space
Louis Metzger
CEO & Founder ·
dGenThera
biotech
synthetic-bio
Magi Richani
CEO ·
Alpine Bio
biotech
synthetic-bio
Michael Dubrovsky
CEO ·
Siphox Health
biotech
hardware
Michael Smocer
CEO of Mine Vision Systems ·
Mine Vision Systems
ai-ml
hardware
Nikhil Choudhary
Managing Partner ·
Nirman Ventures
climate
energy
Osh.
CEO ·
Koniku
ai-ml
biotech
Richard Phamdo
Founder & CEO ·
Voltaic Marine
climate
energy
Ryan Oksenhorn
CoFounder ·
Zipline
aerospace
manufacturing
Ryan Westerdahl
CoFounder ·
Turion Space
aerospace
defense
Samantha Pinheiro
Co ·
Eldaeon Technologies
ai-ml
aerospace
Sasha Ostojic
Venture Partner ·
Playground Global
ai-ml
hardware
Steven Jacobs
Founding Partner ·
Drumbeat Capital
ai-ml
aerospace
Sunil Nagaraj
M.P. ·
Ubiquity Ventures
ai-ml
robotics
Tola Kasali
Co ·
Perspective Developer
autonomous
defense
VS
Vivek Sharma
MS, ME, MBA ·
Asha Medical
biotech
healthcare
Wen Hsieh
M.P. ·
Matter Venture Partners
ai-ml
aerospace
Will Bright
CEO & Founder ·
Omni Ventures
autonomous
hardware
Yash Hemaraj
General Partner at BGV ·
Benhamou Global Ventures
ai-ml
manufacturing
Yves Remmler
Co-Founder & CEO, Endeavor Elements ·
Endeavor Elements
ai-ml
aerospace
Zion Lim Keng Darko
Founder ·
Onairos
ai-ml
blockchain
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LAST INDEXED · MAY 8, 2026