Foundational Research lead departs after scaling team to 50+ and proving sovereign AI models
schwarzjn_ · x · 2026-09-04
The leader of a startup's Foundational Research team announces their final day, after growing the team to 50+ world-class researchers and proving across multiple generations that highly competitive sovereign AI models were viable long before it became a mainstream strategy. They are moving to Imperial College and the wider research and policy community.
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