From Studying a 2mm Worm to Founding Liquid AI: The Wildest Founder Story
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-08-07
The founding story of Liquid AI's co-founder Ramin Hasani is one of the wildest in the AI industry. He spent his 20s in Vienna studying a 2mm long worm with 302 neurons and no brain.
The research revealed that this worm controls its 95 muscles more precisely than any robot ever built. Expecting a traditional life in academia, he was surprised when venture capital term sheets came knocking instead.
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