(0127) Ex-Navy + DeepMind Researchers, Acquired Founders, and Big Tech Defectors Launch AI Wave

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Early Stage Founders

• Oliver Song (San Francisco)

  • MIT grad who previously worked at Samsara and Clara Labs. Co-founded Atheva as CTO before starting his current stealth company, Hyperscale.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Ari Jacoby (New York)

  • Former Co-Founder & CEO of Deduce, which was acquired by Cheq.AI. Previously MD International at LiveRamp. Now building a new stealth AI startup.

  • LinkedIn

• Bala Neerumalla

  • Former Head of Security and Infrastructure at Coda now co-founding a stealth AI startup. Also serves as an advisor at Utiltyx.

  • LinkedIn