(0122) MIT researchers → stealth AI/3D, space biomanufacturing engineers, Uber/Walmart execs pivoting, repeat founders

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People

• Luke Hollis (Cambridge)

  • Research scientist at MIT Media Lab working on RL and 3D, currently pursuing MS in Data Science at Harvard. 2x founder now co-founding a stealth startup while doing research in remote sensing at Harvard.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Mario Maggio (Houston)

  • Aerospace engineer with experience at Intuitive Machines and Paragon Space Development Corporation as an ECLSS engineer. Now founder and CEO of Ambrosia Space, working on in-space biomanufacturing.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Deepak Vasisht (Stanford)

  • Assistant Professor (on leave) in Computer Science at UIUC turned co-founder of Worktrace AI. Previously at MIT, IIT Delhi, and Microsoft.

  • LinkedIn