About

Our mission is to empower humans in an age of AI by creating powerful computing tools for people.

Like the right to vote in a democracy, we believe the ability to create, modify, and control software and agents gives us a voice in the computational world.

We envision a future where AI serves as a genuine tool — one that empowers us to pursue our own goals in this era of powerful AI.

Read about our vision

Things we believe

1. Technology should be human-centered. Our tools should serve to further our goals and help us live fuller, richer, more meaningful lives. In the context of our work, we believe agents should be collaborative, not autonomous, so people will always remain in the driver's seat and steer technology toward the human good.

2. AI radically expands what computers can do for us. The power of computing is still vastly under-explored today. We believe AI shows a path forward to a new type of computing: tools that help us further our goals, bring our ideas to life, and shape our digital environments as we wish.

3. Access requires invention. New capabilities are not broadly distributed by default. If we want the benefits of technology to reach everyone, we must invent the components to make it accessible and understandable.

4. Bespoke software unlocks personal computing. We work on reasoning and coding capabilities so that agents can ultimately enable every person to write software. Our vision is for computers to be the ultimate all-purpose tool — without needing unique technical abilities to use to its full potential.

5. Innovation requires a first-principles, full-stack approach. We seek to understand and innovate across the entire process — from model training to interface design — to truly reimagine personal computing and create tools that are useful for our everyday lives.

Selected Investors & Advisors

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

Lead author on GPT-3, Cofounder of Anthropic

Celeste Kidd

Celeste Kidd

Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley

Tim Hanson

Tim Hanson

Cofounder of Neuralink

Kyle Vogt

Kyle Vogt

CEO of Cruise Automation

Simon Last

Simon Last

Cofounder of Notion

Drew Houston

Drew Houston

CEO of Dropbox

Michael Nielsen

Michael Nielsen

Author of Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang

CEO of NVIDIA

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

Former CEO of Google

Team

Kanjun Qiu

Kanjun Qiu

Cofounder & CEO

SAN FRANCISCO
Josh Albrecht

Josh Albrecht

Cofounder & CTO

SAN FRANCISCO
Amy Hsueh

Amy Hsueh

Operations

SAN FRANCISCO
Amy Hu

Amy Hu

Product Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Andy Wang

Andy Wang

Product Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Anna Onstad-Hargrave

Anna Onstad-Hargrave

Talent Operations

SAN FRANCISCO
Ashley Zhang

Ashley Zhang

Storytelling

SAN FRANCISCO
Bartosz Wróblewski

Bartosz Wróblewski

Infrastructure Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Bas van Opheusden

Bas van Opheusden

Capabilities Research

SAN FRANCISCO
Bowei Liu

Bowei Liu

Infrastructure Engineering, Lead

SAN FRANCISCO
Bryden Fogelman

Bryden Fogelman

Product Engineering, Lead

SAN FRANCISCO
Daniel Won

Daniel Won

Head of Talent

SAN FRANCISCO
Danver Braganza

Danver Braganza

Product Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Ehsan Noursalehi

Ehsan Noursalehi

Product Design

SAN FRANCISCO
Eric Lu

Eric Lu

Product Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Evan Ellis

Evan Ellis

Capabilities Research, Intern

SAN FRANCISCO
Evan Ryan Gunter

Evan Ryan Gunter

Capabilities Research

SAN FRANCISCO
Guinness Chen

Guinness Chen

Product Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Jamie Simon

Jamie Simon

Research Fellow

SAN FRANCISCO
Jonathon Schwartz

Jonathon Schwartz

Product Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO
Mark Ally

Mark Ally

Capabilities Research, Lead

SAN FRANCISCO
Matt Boulos

Matt Boulos

Head of Policy & Safety

SAN FRANCISCO
Michael Rosenthal

Michael Rosenthal

Capabilities Research

SAN FRANCISCO
Michelle Simonek

Michelle Simonek

Operations, Lead

SAN FRANCISCO
Nancy Kwon

Nancy Kwon

Operations

SAN FRANCISCO
Nayana Bannur

Nayana Bannur

Capabilities Research

SAN FRANCISCO
Nic Seo

Nic Seo

Product Research & Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO
Pranali Vani

Pranali Vani

Capabilities Research

SAN FRANCISCO
Rob Ray

Rob Ray

Technical Recruiter

SAN FRANCISCO
Brandi Hagle

Brandi Hagle

Office of the CEO & CTO

COLORADO
George Brova

George Brova

Capabilities Research

MASSACHUSETTS
Glenn McDonald

Glenn McDonald

Prototype Engineering

MASSACHUSETTS
Hynek Urban

Hynek Urban

Product Engineering

CZECHIA
Matthew Schallenkamp

Matthew Schallenkamp

Infrastructure Engineering

SOUTH DAKOTA
Moishe Lettvin

Moishe Lettvin

Capabilities Research

COLORADO
Qi Xiao

Qi Xiao

Infrastructure Engineering

LONDON
Shanelle Midel

Shanelle Midel

Operations

PHILIPPINES
Thad Hughes

Thad Hughes

Capabilities Research

CANADA
Zack Polizzi

Zack Polizzi

Capabilities Research

NEW YORK