Meet the team

We are a group of cognitive scientists, engineers, statisticians, and researchers working on some of the most ambitious AI programs for the world's most discerning AI/ML buyers.

Baxter Eaves, PhD

CoFounder & CEO

Baxter is a US Navy veteran and holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Louisville where he developed computational models of human trust and social learning. He has led a number of DARPA projects and brings 13 years of experience deploying human-inspired AI tech in high-risk industries.

Patrick Shafto, PhD

CoFounder & Scientist at Large

Patrick is a program manager at DARPA under the Information Innovation office (I20) and professor of Data Sciences at Rutgers University - Newark. He has led a number of projects for agencies including DARPA, DOD, and NSF, and his publications have appeared in top journals of machine and human learning.

Michael Schmidt

Principal ML Engineer

Michael has 14 years of research and engineering experience. He has built production models for healthcare, agronomy, finance, and law; and has conducted research in the areas of high-energy physics, differential geometry, plasma physics, and high-performance computing.