Dr. Lorenzo Barberis Canonico

Co-Founder & President

Lorenzo received his PhD in Computer Science from Clemson University, setting a record as the youngest doctoral student (23 years old) as well as the person who graduated the fastest (2.5 years). His dissertation was on the uses of prediction markets to train machine learning models. He subsequently worked as a Research Scientist at Stanford in the Biomedical Data Science department.

Jacob Kaufmann

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Jacob worked at Amazon and was most recently at the Ethereum Foundation as a Senior Software Engineer. He is passionate about mechanism design and distributed system (he is a true rustacean).

Dr. Alexander Ioannidis

Board Member

Dr. Alexander Ioannidis is an Adjunct Professor in Computational and Mathematical Engineering, where he teaches machine learning and data science, and is a researcher in the Department of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford Medical School. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Computational and Mathematical Engineering together with an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering (Optimization). He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in Chemistry and Physics and earned an M.Phil at the University of Cambridge from the Department of Applied Math and Theoretical Physics in Computational Biology. His research focuses on the design of algorithms and application of computational methods for problems in genomics, clinical data science, and precision health with a particular focus on underrepresented populations in Oceania and Latin America.

Mel Gaddy

Board Member & Chief Legal Officer

Mel went to trial in federal court on a patent infringement case. Mel’s clients were accused of infringing their competitor’s intellectual property rights—which were held invalid as a result of his team’s work.

Board of Scientific Advisors

  • Dr. David M Rothschild

    Dr. Rothschild is an economist at Microsoft Research in New York City. He holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively, in both the academic and popular press. His work pushes the boundaries on varying data and methods: large language models, polling, prediction markets, social media and online data, and large behavioral and administrative data. The work focuses on solving practical and interesting questions including: interactions of humans and LLM-based tools, mapping and updating public opinion, the market for news, effect of advertising, finance, and an economist take on public policy.

  • Sam McClure

    Sam McClure is Lecturer in Law and instructor of Startup Law: Sustainability, Stanford Law School’s first program supporting the founder community. Stanford law students, working under the supervision of the Stanford attorney teaching team, provide pro bono legal assistance and support to non-profit and for-profit startups addressing climate and sustainability challenges. Previously, he developed and taught experiential curriculum in collaboration with other business law faculty, including Law 1050: Business, Legal, and Policy Strategy in the Startup Economy.

    Sam actively advises many venture-backed startups, especially those with a sustainability & social impact focus. Prior to his role at Stanford, Sam co-founded a consumer technology company, where he led or co-led product, growth, strategy, fundraising, and operations, including legal and corporate governance. Sam began his career as a corporate associate at Gunderson Dettmer, the leading global law firm for startups and venture capitalists.

  • Dr. Gary Klein

    Gary Klein, Ph.D., authored Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, and four other books plus three co-edited volumes. He is known for the cognitive models he described, such as the Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) model, the Data/Frame model of sensemaking, the Management By Discovery model of planning in complex settings, and the Triple Path Model of Insight. He developed methods including the PreMortem method of risk assessment, techniques for Cognitive Task Analysis, the ShadowBox training approach, and also pioneered the Naturalistic Decision Making movement in 1989. Dr. Klein has decades of work experience in dozens of work domains, including military, healthcare, and emergency response.