bio

I am building Leadbay, (a YC F25 startup). Previousely I co-founded a privacy startup blindnet, and founded an AI Travel startup Sépage that got acquired.

Ever since my PhD thesis, I am interested in making machines as smart as possible with as little information as possible. I regard information technologies as an extension of human cognition. I am curious about knowledge structures that humans and machines can construct and exploit together. New understandings of the brain and of relationships open up ways for me to explore a new kind of deal between humans and machines.

Through portrait photography I explore the limits of human cognition. The other as a medium for discovery of the self, and the self as a vocabulary for defining the other. I am interested in the creative nature of perception, and in the world we create as we perceive. I seek the truth of presence and the feeling of being fully alive.

I once was very active in academia. I authored 60+ scientific publications in international journals and conferences. I acted as a member of programme committees of 20+ international academic events. Year after year, I co-lead a multidisciplinary workshop at the WWW/TheWeb conference – the most important conference in my field. I was invited to give a keynote talk and participate in Organising Committees of A-level conferences. I acted as co-editor of Books and scientific journals (impact factor > 3.5). For details, you can download my cv here.